FM 3-61 focuses on public affairs as a command responsibility and describes public affairs roles, missions, capabilities, and organizations in operational, home station, and garrison environments. It provides principles for public affairs employment and public affairs support to unified land operations. Public affairs operations are a component of the mission command warfighting function and support the commander’s task to inform internal and external publics.
NOTES: Some references listed in this doc might have been superseded and/or updated and should be checked for accuracy, which can be easily done using the DA PAM 25-30 web page or downloaded and installed program for checking current and superseded DOD publications (For example purposes only: FM 3-0 was superseded by ADP 3-0, on 10 October 2011) : This document is in PDF format : FM 3-61 Supersedes FM 46-1, and FM 3-61.1
