text: The Army Engineer
  * Provide rapid communication that enables a commander to gain and maintain the initiative.
  * Provide communication links between forces and commanders within the theater.
  * Provide updates of the solar environment and its impact to terrestrial and space-based segments
  of friendly communication systems.
  * Monitor terrestrial areas of interest through information collection assets to help reveal enemy
  location and disposition and to conduct route, area, zone, and force reconnaissance.
  * Provide global positioning system status and accuracy for planning and conducting geospatial
  engineering.
  * Provide meteorological, oceanographic, and space environmental information that is processed,
  analyzed, and leveraged to produce timely, relevant, and accurate weather effects.
  INTERAGENCY CONSIDERATIONS
  Interagency cooperative agreements expand the scope and capabilities of any given response because
  of the wide variety of expertise and funding resources that are potentially available. Not only do interagency
  operations increase the resources engaged in an operation, but they also increase and complicate the
  coordination necessary to conduct operations. Engineer support to operations may be significantly impacted
  by the participation of interagency organizations. Engineer support may be a key enabler to these operations.
  During the conduct of stability, interagency organizations employ contract or other construction capabilities
  concurrently with ongoing military engineer support. Coordination can help identify and avoid conflicting
  issues and unify the effect of these efforts. The following interagency organizations may be involved:
  * United States Department of Homeland Security.
  * United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  * United States Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration.
  * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  * United States Geological Survey.
  * United States Public Health Service.
  * United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol.
  * United States Department of Agriculture.
  * United States Department of State.
  * United States Agency for International Development.
  * Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance.
  * United States Department of the Interior.
  * United States Fish and Wildlife Agency.
  * United States General Accounting Office.
  * United States Department of Homeland Security.
  * United States Customs and Border Protection.
  * United States Coast Guard.
  * National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
  MULTINATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the American, British, Canadian, Australian, and
  New Zealand Armies Program engineering capabilities are well-known, and data about them is readily
  available. (See FM 3-16 for additional information on multinational operations.) Standardization agreements
  between national armies facilitate engineer interoperability and cooperation. The capabilities of engineers
  from other nations are normally available through intelligence channels or formal links with the nations
  involved. Several nations have engineers that are experts in specific combat engineering tasks (such as mine
  detection and removal). Other national engineers are focused on specific missions (such as disaster relief).
  Engineers require an appreciation for the engineering capabilities and limitations of other nations. Allied
  Tactical Publication-3.12.1 provides a necessary starting point for working with allied engineers.