2023.08 Deployed Military Field Headquarters Handbook

The purpose of the United Nations Deployed Military Field Headquarters Handbook is to provide UN military personnel working in UN field missions the insight on how a United Nations Deployed Military Headquarters (HQ) is functioning, be it the Force Headquarters (FHQ), Sector Headquarters (SHQ) or any other Field HQ, that is comprised of UN Military Staff Officers (MSO) from different Troop Contributing Countries (TCC). The principles and guidance given with this handbook, including the UN Military Decision Making Process (UN-MDMP) are designed to support interoperability and operational planning consistency between personnel from different countries, trained alongside their own national doctrines. Within the units that a TCC deploys, it is with its own national HQs or command structures to coordinate the tasks of these units under the command of the unit commander, using national procedures and doctrines.

The handbook is also available in Spanish.