text: Sustainment During Multinational Operations
  5-41. Civilian agencies help by shipping relief supplies. These agencies often cause transportation choke
  points en route to and in the theater of operations. A G-4 or S-4 link with the civil-military operations center
  can solve transportation choke points. The civil-military operations center can work with civilian agencies to
  gain access to civilian ports of entry and infrastructure.
  5-42. The multinational force designates a director of mobility forces. The director is normally a senior
  officer familiar with the AO and has an extensive background in airlift operations. The director is the
  designated agent for all airlift issues in the AO and for other duties as directed.
  MULTINATIONAL STAGING
  5-43. Staging is that part of the RSOI operation that reassembles and reunites unit personnel with their
  equipment and schedules unit movement to the tactical assembly area, secures or uploads unit basic loads,
  and provides life support to personnel. During this phase, the following occurs:
  • Units reassemble and unite with their equipment and are scheduled for movement toward the tactical
  assembly area.
  • Materiel is segregated, prioritized, and prepared for transport.
  • Units upload Class V supplies.
  • Units provide deploying Soldiers life support until units are self-sustaining.
  MULTINATIONAL ONWARD MOVEMENT
  5-44. The onward movement phase of RSOI begins when units move to their destination. Multinational units
  accomplish such movement to ensure the forward and concurrent movement of troops and supplies. Units
  follow a carefully devised movement program that employs convoy, rail, and host-nation contract assets
  (such as heavy equipment transporters and other trucks). Centralized control of transportation assets is
  required. Real estate management is a problem unless a multinational counterpart to the U.S. joint force
  utilization board (usually controlled by engineers) has authority to allocate terrain to all forces and agencies.
  5-45. When planning the movement of multinational forces, planners know the details of the organization,
  equipment, capabilities, and limitations of the forces. Planners know how to request intratheater movement
  of multinational forces consistent with the multinational commander’s operation plan. The movement
  complements sequencing of operations and time-phased force deployment. Movement planners consider all
  assets (joint, multinational, nongovernmental, governmental, host nation, and third country) and modes (air,
  land, or sea) of transport. Planner also consider infrastructure limitations to maximize efficiency. For
  example, planners consider tunnel heights and rail gauge when conducting movement in Europe. During
  execution of these movements, movement control personnel physically validate actual movements.
  MULTINATIONAL INTEGRATION
  5-46. Integration is the last phase for sustainment in RSOI. During integration, combat-ready multinational
  units transfer to the operational commander and merge into the tactical plan. The transfer may require
  interaction and familiarization among multinational units. The transfer may also require that arriving
  multinational units meet certain standards before being completely integrated into the combat plan.
  Consequently, requirements for integration planning and coordination occur early in the force projection
  process. Units modify requirements according to mission variables until units achieve force closure.
  CONSIDERATIONS
  5-47. Commanders and staffs participating in multinational operations consider and answer the questions in
  paragraphs 5-48 through 5-55 with respect to the logistics portion of the operation.
  SUPPORT AND CAPABILITIES
  5-48. Commanders and staffs consider and answer the following support and capabilities questions with
  respect to the logistics portion of the operation:
  • What areas come under multinational control? What areas remain national issues?
  • What logistics service and support are available?
  • What impact will current sanctions have on the ability to receive host-nation support (such as
  banking, payments, insurance, and worker’s compensation)?