The mission of PM/POLAD is:

Foster interagency approaches to national security by identifying, recommending, referring, and supporting Foreign Service Officers assigned as POLADs to military organizations.
Support FSOs, which is a Department of State responsibility as outlined in DOS-DoD Memoranda of Understanding.
Maintain continuous liaison with deployed POLADs.
Network with military commands to ensure that POLADs are properly assigned and engaged.
Identify new commands that would benefit from a POLAD. Identify commands where POLADs are not properly assigned or used.
Provide administrative support, especially in HR liaison, assignment processing, official and diplomatic passport authorizations.
Discover and place new POLADs.