text: Chapter 13
  13-6. To ensure efficient and effective engineer effort, the multinational headquarters requires both a senior
  engineer and a supporting engineer staff to plan and coordinate engineer efforts to support the multinational
  commander’s plan. The senior engineer and associated staff controls force-level designated engineer units
  on behalf of the multinational commander. This control includes—
  • Planning.
  • Setting engineer standards.
  • Supervising and coordinating.
  • Controlling engineer support to the force and, when necessary, to the local population.
  • Potentially exercising C2 for other nonengineer capabilities and assets.
  13-7. Engineers are also responsible for managing civilian engineer contractors who complete tasks in the
  AO. Control of engineer support aligns with the multinational commander’s priorities and intent.
  Multinational commanders and staffs remain aware of the significant difference in the doctrinal traditions
  between NATO allies and former Warsaw Pact militaries, particularly when it comes to the role of engineer
  assets in traditional combat engineering functions. While NATO battalion and brigade combat team
  commanders are accustomed to the decentralized integration of engineer operations at the tactical level,
  former Warsaw Pact nations have traditionally employed these assets in a much more centralized manner at
  division and corps levels. As a result, tactical commanders perform engineering tasks associated with
  building integrated obstacles and mutually supporting engagement areas at the battalion and brigade levels.
  An understanding of these tasks and many other differing doctrinal traditions manage expectations and result
  in better integration of multinational forces.
  GEOSPATIAL SUPPORT
  13-8. The successful conduct of land operations relies on commanders at all levels understanding the terrain
  where operations are conducted. The better the understanding of this terrain, the greater the degree of
  certainty of successful prosecution of operations. Up-to-date and accurate geospatial information enhances
  geospatial knowledge and situational understanding. It also helps commanders understand more clearly how
  terrain influences operations.
  13-9. Multinational force commanders and staffs receive geospatial information. This information comes
  from the host nation, one or more multinational partners, or a combination of sources. This information
  increases friendly advantages and minimizes the adversary’s advantage gained by local knowledge. The
  information provided helps the force commander to understand, visualize, and describe an operational
  environment and further direct, lead, and assess military operations. Timely and relevant topographic support
  has the potential to be a significant combat multiplier in multinational operations.
  13-10. A geospatial specialist can quickly acquire and provide appropriate and relevant geospatial
  information. This is generally a resource-intensive undertaking. Topographic support relies on availability of
  a fundamental layer of geospatial information. Each nation provides topographic support to its national
  component forces, but efficiencies and synergies come from this support. This is particularly true with
  acquiring and providing the geospatial data set. As a guiding principle, one nation has lead responsibility to
  acquire and provide geospatial information with other nations assigned supporting roles. This division of
  responsibilities is a high-priority requirement addressed early in the planning.
  13-11. The highest command level echelon coordinates geospatial information because of the complexities
  involved with acquiring and providing it. The multinational force engineer commander coordinates
  geospatial information. Longer-term information densification and maintenance responsibilities also need to
  be addressed early in planning. This is in case, the multinational force remains in that AO for a long duration
  or units have been compromised. The multinational force engineer commander has access to an appropriate
  level of topographic advice from the engineer staff assigned.