text: Preface
  FM 3-0 expands on the Army’s capstone doctrine for multidomain operations described in ADP 3-0. It
  describes how Army forces contribute landpower to the joint force and integrate joint capabilities into
  operations on land to achieve military objectives and fulfill policy aims. FM 3-0 focuses on large-scale
  combat operations and their relationship to the full range of military operations that support joint
  campaigning.
  FM 3-0 is applicable to all members of the profession of arms: leaders, Soldiers, and Army Civilians. The
  principal audience for FM 3-0 is commanders, staffs, and leaders of theater armies, corps, divisions, and
  brigades. This manual provides the foundation for training and Army education system curricula and future
  capabilities development across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education,
  personnel, facilities, and policy (known as DOTMLPF-P).
  To comprehend the doctrine contained in FM 3-0, readers must first understand the Army’s mission,
  organization, and roles described in ADP 1. They must understand the operations process, operational art,
  and warfighting functions (command and control [C2], intelligence, fires, movement and maneuver,
  protection, and sustainment) described in ADP 3-0. Readers must understand the tactics described in
  ADP 3-90 and stability operations covered in ADP 3-07. They should also understand irregular warfare,
  described across multiple manuals, including ADP 3-05, FM 3-05, FM 3-18, and FM 3-24.
  Army leaders must understand joint doctrine and use it when communicating and coordinating directly with
  the joint force. JP 3-0 establishes the baseline operations doctrine for the joint force.
  When conducting multinational operations, commanders use the allied or other appropriate doctrine
  according to the situation. Readers must be familiar with FM 3-16 to understand multinational operations.
  AJP-01 establishes the capstone doctrine for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military operations.
  Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure that their decisions and actions comply with all applicable
  United States, international, and host-nation laws and regulations, and all applicable international treaties and
  agreements. Commanders at all levels ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of armed
  conflict and applicable rules of engagement. (See FM 6-27 for more information on the law of war.) They
  also adhere to the Army Ethic as described in ADP 6-22.
  FM 3-0 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the
  glossary and the text. Terms for which FM 3-0 is the proponent publication (the authority) are presented in
  italics and bold font in the text and marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. When first defined in the text,
  a term for which FM 3-0 is the proponent publication is boldfaced and italicized, and the definition is
  boldfaced. When first defining other proponent definitions in the text, the term is italicized, and the number
  of the proponent publication follows the definition.
  The proponent of FM 3-0 is the United States Army Combined Arms Center. The preparing agency is the
  Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, United States Army Combined Arms Center. Send comments and
  recommendations by e-mail to usarmy.leavenworth.mccoe.mbx.cadd-org-mailbox@army.mil on DA Form
  2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commander, United States Army
  Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATZL-MCD (FM 3-0), 300 McPherson Avenue, Fort
  Leavenworth, KS 66027-2337; or submit an electronic DA Form 2028.