Field manual (FM) 3-14, Army Space Operations, provides an overview of space operations in the Army and is consistent and compatible with joint doctrine.. This FM establishes guidance for employing space and space-based systems and capabilities to support United States (U.S.) Army land warfighting dominance. It provides a general overview of support to Army operations, reviews national guidance and direction, and outlines selected unique space-related and enabled Army capabilities. The doctrine in this FM represents the Army’s best use of its space capabilities.
The principal audience for FM 3-14 encompasses all members of the Army profession, including Army commanders and staffs, and Army Space Professionals to assist in the planning and incorporation of space capabilities into operations. It aids Army and joint force commanders (JFCs) in planning and executing cohesive joint operations throughout the entire operational environment.
Army space operations integrate into military operations using established joint and Army processes such as the intelligence process, targeting, and the military decision-making process. This publication includes space staff responsibilities to the military decision-making process, targeting, and intelligence products. It also highlights the importance of intelligence support to space operations.
This FM is rooted in Army operations and consistent with joint doctrine.
Chapter Organization
FM 3-14 contains four chapters and three Appendices:
Chapter 1 is an overview of the operational environment. It includes the Army space core competencies, the fundamentals of the space domain, and discussions of the space domain as a warfighting domain. It concludes with how space contributes to the warfighting functions and combat power.
Chapter 2 presents Army space operations fundamentals in the context of the Army’s operating concept, multidomain operations. It discusses in depth the joint and Army space mission areas and the role of Army space across the competition continuum.
Chapter 3 describes Army space forces.
Chapter 4 discusses how Army space forces participate in the operations process and intelligence preparation of the operational environment.
Appendix A identifies Annex N–Space Operations to the base order, its relationship to other annexes, and its content.
Appendix B provides an example of a space running estimate.
Appendix C provides an example of a space support request.
This book is a “Mini” (half the size of a piece of paper).
A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading. The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.
The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.
(A BIG size version (8 1/2 inch by 11 inch, the same size as a regular sheet of paper) is on this website too)
