Commander's Handbook for Joint Support to Distributed Forces

This handbook is a pre-doctrinal non-authoritative document that provides information on how JTF and component headquarters might plan for and provide capabilities to tactical units, principally battalion level and below, when they are employed widely dispersed and outside ofmutually supporting range of other ground units. Although focused on ground units, there aresignificant implications for the air and naval components of the joint force as well. Thedocument serves as a bridge between experimentation and current best practices and the potential incorporation of value-added ideas in joint doctrine, education, and training.