It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in operations and provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination and for U.S. military involvement in multinational operations.

Detention Operations: MP conduct expeditionary detention to support deployed commanders to conduct detainee operations to sustain the tempo of maneuver forces and reduce delays to sustainment...

Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD Detainee Program, to ensure compliance with the laws of the United States; the law of war, including the Geneva Conventions; and all applicable policies.

For the purposes of this subcourse, detainee operations are defined as operations that take or keep selected individuals in custody as a result of military operations to control their movement and activity and/or gain intelligence. We designed this subcourse to teach you the basic procedures in handling EPW/CIs.

FMI 3-63.6 discusses command and control of detainee operations and provides a common ground for all units (brigade and above) executing this mission. As a result of recent events and investigations into detainee operations in Iraq, it was determined there was a need to clarify command and control.