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(Annex Title) ANNEX P (HOST-NATION SUPPORT) TO OPERATION PLAN/ORDER [number] [(codename)]—[issuing headquarters] [(classification of title)]

(References) References: List documents essential to understanding the attachment.

List maps and charts first. Map entries include series number, country, sheet names or numbers, edition, and scale.

List other references in subparagraphs labeled as shown.

Doctrinal references for host-nation support include FM 3-16 and FM 6-0.

Time Zone Used Throughout the Order: Write the time zone established in the base plan or order.

(U Mil para) Situation. Include information affecting host-nation support that paragraph 1 of the OPLAN or OPORD does not cover or that needs expansion.

Area of Interest. Describe the area of interest as it relates to host-nation support. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Area of Operations. Refer to Appendix 2 (Operation Overlay) to Annex C (Operations).

Terrain. Describe the aspects of terrain that impact host-nation support operations. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Weather. Describe the aspects of weather that impact host-nation support operations. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Enemy Forces. List known and templated locations and activities of enemy host-nation support for one echelon up and two echelons down. List enemy maneuver and other area capabilities that will impact friendly host-nation support operations. State expected enemy courses of action and employment of enemy host-nation support assets. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.

Friendly Forces. Outline the higher headquarters’ host-nation support plan. List designation, location, and outline of plans of higher, adjacent, and other host-nation support assets that support or impact the issuing headquarters or require coordination and additional support.

Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations. Identify and describe other organizations in the area of operations that may impact the conduct of host-nation support operations or implementation of host-nation support-specific equipment and tactics. Refer to Annex V (Interagency Coordination) as required.

Civil Considerations. Describe the aspects of the civil situation that impact host-nation support operations. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) and Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations) as required.

Attachments and Detachments. List units attached or detached only as necessary to clarify task organization. Refer to Annex A (Task Organization) as required.

Assumptions. List any host-nation support-specific assumptions that support the annex development. State assumptions concerning host-nation support and the operational impact if the assumptions are inaccurate.

Host-Nation Support Agreements. List host-nation support agreements, unreliable or doubtful agreements, and presumed host-nation support agreements.

Mission. State the mission of host-nation support in support of the base plan or order.

Execution.

Scheme of Host-Nation Support. Describe how the commander’s intent and concept of operations is supported by host-nation support. Cover the overall status of negotiations and agreements, including customs requirements, by country or treaty organization, presumed host-nation support, and the reliability of host-nation support. Identify peacetime and pre-conflict military information support operations that would develop support in foreign countries for the provision of host-nation support. Establish the priorities of support to units for each phase of the operation. Refer to Annex C (Operations) as required.

Host Nation Support Considerations. The subparagraphs below are not an all inclusive list. Each host-nation agreement is unique. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Accommodations. Describe host-nation accommodation considerations for the following: billeting; offices; stores and warehouses; workshops, vehicle parks, gun parks; medical; hardstands; fuel; weapons and ammunition; transportation including aircraft; firing ranges; training areas and facilities; recreational areas and facilities; and laundry and dry-cleaning facilities.

Ammunition and Weapons. Describe host-nation considerations for ammunition and weapons security, storage, and collection or delivery.

Communications. Describe host-nation considerations for local and international communications and security.

Finance. Describe host-nation considerations and payment for accommodations, supplies, communications, equipment, local labor, maintenance, medical treatment facilities, movement facilities, emergency facilities, and personnel facilities.

Fuel. Describe host-nation fuel considerations for aircraft, vehicles, ships, methods of delivery, storage, interoperability of refueling equipment, and common use of refueling installations.

Local Labor. Describe host-nation local labor considerations for method of hiring, method of payment, and administration.

Maintenance. Describe host-nation maintenance considerations for accommodations, vehicles, ships, equipment, roads, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, provision of assembly areas, damage control, emergency facilities for visitors’ vehicles and equipment, and evacuation of disabled vehicles and equipment.

Medical. Describe host-nation medical considerations for medical treatment facilities, emergency facilities, reciprocal national health agreements, and availability of medical equipment and supplies, standards of care, public health facilities, accessibility to care, and medical and casualty evacuation.

Movement. Describe host-nation movement considerations for airheads (facilities, alternates, equipment, and refueling), ports (facilities, alternates, ships, draft, bunkering/fueling, and repair), road and rail movement (personnel, equipment, security, and traffic control), and pipeline movement.

Rations. Describe host-nation rations considerations for fresh food, packaged foods, and potable water.

Supplies and Equipment. Describe host-nation supplies and equipment considerations for common use items other than ammunition, fuel, or rations.

Translation. Describe host-nation translation considerations for interpreters, linguists, language specialists, and document translation.

Transportation Equipment. Describe host-nation transportation equipment considerations for use of host-nation military vehicles, equipment, ships, and aircraft; locally hired vehicles and equipment, ships, and aircraft; and the policy on drivers and handlers of the military and locally hired vehicles.

Water. Describe host-nation water considerations for production and purification capability (municipal and other water treatment systems), distribution capability (trucks, pipeline, and hose line), storage capability, receipt and issue capability, available water sources (wells, surface, and subsurface), and host-nation water quality standards.

Tasks to Subordinate Units. List host-nation support tasks assigned to specific subordinate units not contained in the base order. Identify the office of primary responsibility for each type of host- nation support managed separately within the command.

Coordinating Instructions. List only instructions applicable to two or more subordinate units not covered in the base plan or order.

Sustainment. Identify priorities of sustainment for host-nation support key tasks and specify additional instructions as required. Outline support limitations that are due to lack of host-nation water agreements, operational impact, status of any current negotiations, and prospects for availability of the required support on a emergency basis. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Logistics. Identify unique sustainment requirements, procedures, and guidance to support host-nation support teams and operations. Specify procedures for specialized technical logistics support from external organizations as necessary. Use subparagraphs to identify priorities and specific instructions for host-nation logistics support. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Personnel. Identify host-nation support unique personnel requirements and concerns, including global sourcing support and contracted linguist requirements. Use subparagraphs to identify priorities and specific instructions for human resources support, financial management, legal support, and religious support. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Health Service Support. Identify availability, priorities, and instructions for medical care. Determine if locally available medical supplies and equipment meet U.S. and Food and Drug Administration standards for use with U.S. Forces. Determine if the host-nation blood supply is tested and considered safe (if not, where will blood products be obtained), and determine the availability of medical equipment repairers. Refer to Annex F (Sustainment) as required.

Command and Signal.

Command.

Location of the Commander and Key Leaders. State the location of the commander and key host-nation support leaders.

Succession of Command. State the succession of command if not covered in the unit’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Liaison Requirements. State the host-nation support liaison requirements not covered in the base order.

Control.

Command Posts. Describe the employment of host-nation support-specific command posts (CPs), including the location of each CP and its time of opening and closing.

Reports. List host-nation support-specific reports not covered in SOPs. Refer to Annex R (Reports) as required.

Signal. Address any host-nation support-specific communications requirements or reports. Refer to Annex H (Signal) as required.

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