Planning, Pre-Deployment Activities, Movement, Reception , Staging, Onward Movement, (RSOI) and Redeployment

Download the full publication here: 25-08 (648)_Deployment Handbook (Apr 25) (Public) [PDF - 6.9 MB]

Foreword

The U.S. Army is the world-class force that all other militaries strive to match. Central to the Army’s effectiveness as a fighting force is its ability to rapidly deploy, with little to no notice, anywhere at any time. Far from a linear lockstep process, Army deployment is an integrated process within Army force projection. It combines deployment with mobilization, employment, sustainment, and redeployment to provide senior leaders with options across the spectrum from cooperation to conflict.

Deployment entails a series of overlapping, often nonsequential actions with tasks, authorities, roles, and responsibilities defined in multiple publications. This handbook brings together the critical tasks and considerations from across the deployment continuum and provides a single, easy-to-use volume for leaders and deployment support organizations.

Each chapter of this handbook presents information by deployment phase to provide:

• A summary of key organizations that support deployment operations.

• Simple charts, and checklists that detail what execution looks like.

• Lessons learned and best practices from operational deployments, training center rotations, warfighters, and more.

• Linkages back to the relevant source publications for those wanting more detail. One exciting feature that sets this handbook apart is its linkage to the Deployer’s Toolbox, the Army’s single source for all things deployment. All checklists and tables in this handbook are available at the Army’s Deployer’s Toolbox in a format that you can easily tailor to meet unit or organization-specific needs. The Deployer’s Toolbox also includes helpful tools, references, and checklists, in addition to information found here. The Deployer’s Toolbox (CAC-Enabled) is available at: https://armyeitaas.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/TR-SCoE-DPMO/SitePages/Deployment-Process-Modernization-Office.aspx

As you use this handbook and the Deployer’s Toolbox, we welcome feedback on their effectiveness and usefulness. We continually look for tools from the field that will improve deployment readiness across our Army and increase the usefulness of the Deployer’s Toolbox.