"This handbook focuses on basic tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for the application of CERP. Its intended audience is the brigade, battalion, and provincial reconstruction team commander and staff. This handbook is based on lessons learned and best practices in use today in Iraq and Afghanistan and identifies training, planning, and operational procedures required to fund projects and services the commander requires during the conduct of stability operations. This handbook also provides the TTP to guide the commander through the regulatory and administrative requirements of the CERP"--Page [i].

Cover title. "Apr 08." "No. 08-12." Part of the Army lessons learned documentation. Text on p. [2] of cover. "Official military and civil service/government personnel may paraphrase; quote; or use sentences, phrases, and paragraphs for integration into official products or research"--Page 2 of cover. Is not necessarily approved U.S. Army policy or doctrine. Scott Spellmon from the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) Carlisle Barracks, PA collected the information for this handbook.