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Home : Doctrine : Joint Doctrine Pubs : 3-0 Operations Series
Joint Publications Operations Series

Effective 1JAN19 per Director Joint Force Development: Joint Doctrine constitutes official advice, however, the judgment of the commander is paramount in all situations.  This description will be captured in joint doctrine policy and materials (e.g. joint publication prefaces) and implemented going forward.

JP 3-0, Joint Campaigns and Operations, 18 June 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for joint campaigns and operations.

JP 3-01, Countering Air and Missile Threats, 06 April 2023
This publication provides fundamental guidance and principles to plan, execute, and assess joint operations to counter air and missile threats.

JP 3-02, Amphibious Operations, 04 January 2019, Validated on 21 January 2021 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for planning, conducting, and assessing amphibious operations.

JP 3-03, Joint Interdiction, 26 May 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for planning, executing, and assessing joint interdiction operations. .

JP 3-04, Information in Joint Operations, 14 September 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, coordinate, execute, and assess the use of information during joint operations. .

JP 3-06, Joint Urban Operations, 20 November 2013 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine for the planning, execution, and assessment of joint operations in an urban environment.

JP 3-07, Joint Stabilization Activities, 11 February 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, and assess the military contribution to stabilization efforts across the competition continuum.

JP 3-08, Interorganizational Cooperation, 12 October 2016, Validated 18 October 2017 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine to coordinate military operations with other US Government departments and agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; foreign military forces and government agencies; international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.

JP 3-09, Joint Fire Support, 10 April 2019 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for planning, executing, and assessing joint fire support.

JP 3-10, Joint Security Operations in Theater, 25 July 2019, Validated on 06 August 2021 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess joint security operations.

JP 3-11, Operations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Environments, 29 October 2018, Validated 28 October 2020 - Epub
This publication provides doctrine for planning, conducting, and assessing military operations in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear environments.

JP 3-12, Joint Cyberspace Operations, 19 December 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess cyberspace operations.

JP 3-14, Joint Space Operations, 23 August 2023
This publication describes how to plan, execute, and assess joint space operations.

JP 3-15, Barriers, Obstacles, and Mine Warfare for Joint Operations, 26 May 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess the employment, or countering, of barriers, obstacles, and mines in joint operations.  

JP 3-16, Multinational Operations, 01 March 2019, Validated on 12 February 2021
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for the Armed Forces of the United States when they operate as part of a multinational (coalition or allied) force.

JP 3-18, Joint Forcible Entry Operations, 11 May 2017 Incorporating Change 1, 09 January 2018, Validated 09 July 2021 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine for planning, executing, and assessing joint forcible entry operations.

JP 3-20, Security Cooperation, 09 September 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for planning, executing, and assessing security cooperation programs and activities.

JP 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense, 17 August 2018, Validated on 02 February 2021
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, assess, and support foreign internal defense.

JP 3-24, Counterinsurgency, 25 April 2018, Validated 30 April 2021 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess counterinsurgency operations.

JP 3-25, Joint Countering Threat Networks, 28 February 2023
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess operations to identify, monitor, disrupt, neutralize, and defeat threat networks.

JP 3-27, Homeland Defense, 12 December 2023
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess homeland defense.

JP 3-28, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, 29 October 2018  - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, and assess defense support of civil authorities.

JP 3-29, Foreign Humanitarian Assistance, 14 May 2019 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess foreign humanitarian assistance operations.

JP 3-30, Joint Air Operations, 25 July 2019, Validated on 17 September 2021 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for the conduct of joint air operations.

JP 3-31, Joint Land Operations, 03 October 2019, Incorporating Change 2, 31 March 2023
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess joint land operations.

JP 3-32, Joint Maritime Operations, 04 December 2023
This publication describes how to plan, execute, and assess joint maritime operations.

JP 3-33, Joint Force Headquarters, 09 June 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine for the formation, organization, employment, and transition of a joint force headquarters (JFHQ) to command and control joint forces. It also provides guidance for the JFHQ to plan, prepare, execute, and assess JFHQs’ operations.

JP 3-34, Joint Engineer Operations, 06 January 2016  - Epub
This publication provides doctrine for the command and control, planning, and execution of joint engineer operations.

JP 3-35, Joint Deployment and Redeployment Operations, 31 March 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess deployment and redeployment operations.

JP 3-40, Joint Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, 27 November 2019, Validated on 14 July 2021 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess military activities to counter weapons of mass destruction.

JP 3-41, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Response, 04 December 2023
This publication provides joint doctrine and fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess military domestic and international response to minimize the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident.

JP 3-42, Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 14 September 2022
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess explosive ordnance disposal support to joint operations.

JP 3-52, Joint Airspace Control, 22 October 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess airspace control during joint operations.

JP 3-57, Civil-Military Operations, 09 July 2018 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, and assess civil-military operations.

JP 3-59, Meteorological and Oceanographic Operations, 10 January 2018 - Epub
This publication sets forth joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess meteorological and oceanographic operations in support of military operations.

JP 3-61, Public Affairs, 17 November 2015 Incorporating Change 1, 19 August 2016 - Epub
This publication provides doctrine to plan, execute, and assess public affairs activities in joint operations to include fundamentals, roles, responsibilities, and relationships to joint functions and capabilities.

JP 3-68, Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, 26 May 2022
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, and assess joint noncombatant evacuation operations.

JP 3-80, Resource Management, 11 January 2016, Validated 10 January 2018 - Epub
This publication provides doctrine for resource management in support of joint operations.

JP 3-83, Religious Affairs in Joint Operations, 19 December 2022
This publication provides principles and guidance for the conduct of religious affairs in joint operations.

JP 3-84, Legal Support, 02 August 2016 - Epub
This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, prepare, and execute legal support to joint operations.

JP 3-85, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, 22 May 2020 - Epub
This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance for planning, executing, and assessing joint electromagnetic spectrum operations across the competition continuum.