Preface
This manual is a guide for commanders, supervisors, and other personnel concerned with the concepts and operation of Force Provider.
FM 42-424 provides insight, general data and operational information for the commanders, supervisors, and personnel assigned or attached to a QM FP company. It addresses the key aspects of performing the QM FP Company’s critical wartime mission to "Provide FP Support" and accomplishing the unit’s METL. The METL consists of 79 tasks categorized into the following four missions:
- Conduct strategic deployment
- Conduct FP operations
- Defend assigned area
- Conduct strategic redeployment
Detailed information concerning the METL, as well as collective and individual training, needed to do the unit’s METL is available in ARTEP 42-424-30-MTP.
The primary audiences for FM 42-424 are RC QM FP company commanders and supervisors. The focus is on the organization of the FP Company, FP modules, responsibilities, deployment, redeployment, and operations.
The proponent for this publication is HQ TRADOC. Send comments and recommended changes directly to Commander, USACASCOM, Training Directorate, ATTN: ATCL-AQ, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1713.
Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns or pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.
