text: Chapter 13
  Additional Factors During Multinational Operations
  This chapter provides additional factors to commanders to help them assign key roles
  and responsibilities, and to improve the operational effectiveness of the force. It
  addresses support for fires, engineer, geospatial, security force assistance, and
  countering weapons of mass destruction. Lastly, this chapter provides planning
  considerations for commanders and staffs.
  MILITARY CAPABILITIES
  13-1. Military capabilities differ based on national interests and objectives, national character, doctrine,
  training, leader development, organizations, and materiel. Multinational commanders consider the unique
  abilities and limitations of each nation when deciding how to allocate resources and employ assets. U.S.
  forces provide robust capabilities for many of the additional considerations this chapter discusses. However,
  countries cannot always share and employ their organic assets evenly across the force.
  FIRE SUPPORT
  13-2. The multinational force commander ensures that the force develops good fire support coordination.
  This optimizes the effects of fires and minimizes the possibility of fratricide, collateral damage, and
  disruption to the civilian populace. Fire support coordination in multinational operations demands special
  arrangements with multinational force members and local authorities. These special arrangements include
  communication and language requirements, liaison personnel, and interoperability procedures. A
  multinational force fire support staff establishes SOPs for fire support to achieve the most effective results
  for use by the multinational force.
  13-3. Effective joint fire support contributes to multinational success. Effective control of multinational force
  firepower is the key to its use. The staff analyzes whether resources and requirements are balanced correctly
  to support the multinational campaign or operation. Staff analysis of firepower also ensures an appropriate
  balance of forces and capabilities exist. Joint detailed integration of joint fire support with maneuver of the
  multinational force is critical. (Refer to JP 3-09 and ADP 3-19 for more information on fires.)
  ENGINEER SUPPORT
  13-4. Multinational forces require multiple engineer support functions. Engineers are responsible for
  supporting several operational environment functions including—
  • Combat engineering (mobility, countermobility, and survivability).
  • General engineering.
  • Geospatial engineering. (This is referred to as geomatic by some multinational forces.)
  • Defense support of civil authorities and stability operations.
  • Environmental considerations.
  (Refer to FM 3-34 and JP 3-34 for more discussions of the engineer operational environment functions and
  engineer operations.)
  13-5. The tasks associated with the three engineer operational environment functions include—
  • Providing a full range of operational- and tactical-level combat engineering (mobility, counter-
  mobility, and survivability) support.
  • Providing a full range of general engineering support. This includes protection construction, diving,
  firefighting, facilities engineering, environmental considerations, infrastructure, sustainment
  support, and power generation and distribution. In some Services and multinational forces, engineer
  support includes CBRN functions.
  • Providing a full range of operational- and tactical-level geospatial engineering support.