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FM 46-1
Field Manual
FM 46-1

Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 30 May 1997

Public Affairs Operations
Contents
PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Chapter 1
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Information Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Information Operations......................10 Commanders and Public Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 2
PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRINCIPLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Principles of War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Public Affairs Principles. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3
PUBLIC AFFAIRS CORE PROCESSES. . . . . . . . . .20

Public Affairs Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Information Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Media Facilitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Public Affairs Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Community Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Chapter 4
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ARMY OPERATIONS. . . . . 29

Levels of War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Tenets of Army Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Elements of Combat Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Force Projection Cycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Multinational Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Joint Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sustaining Base Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

* This publication supersedes FM 46-1, 23 July 1992.
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DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OPERATIONS
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Chapter 5
STABILITY AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS. . . . . . . . . 40

Support to Diplomacy ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Noncombatant Evacuations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Domestic Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 6
PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATIONS.. . . . . . . . . ......45
Personnel ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 7
EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT OF PA FORCES.....56
Employment of PA units...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Required Support ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
REFERENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

APPENDIX A DoD PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . .62 APPENDIX B COVERAGE OF DoD OPERATIONS...............................63 APPENDIX C PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANNEX...............................................64 APPENDIX D PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESTIMATE..........................................66 APPENDIX E MEDIA GROUND RULES.................................................69

GLOSSARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
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FM 46-1
The PA Mission

Public Affairs fulfills the Army\u2019s obligation to keep the American people and the
Army informed, and helps to establish the conditions that lead to confidence in
America\u2019s Army and its readiness to conduct operations in peacetime, conflict and

war.
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