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Appendix C-- Army Terminology and Doctrine Relevant to Dismounted Soldier Missions
Appendix C-- Army Terminology and Doctrine Relevant to Dismounted Soldier Missions
Pages 143-156
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. ADP 3-0 is a concise, high-level introduction, in 19 pages, to the Army's operational concept of "unified land operations," which supersedes the previous operational concept of "full spectrum operations." ADRP 3-0, which runs to more than 60 pages of introduction, chapters, and glossary, "expands the discussion of the foundations and tenets of unified land operations, as well as the operational framework found in ADP 3-0." (U.S.
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. They include relatively benign, routine, and recurring military operations in peacetime; specific combat and noncombat responses to contingencies and crises as they occur; and less frequent, large-scale combat operations typical of wartime conditions.
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. The basic premise of unified land operations is that Army forces combine offensive tasks, defensive tasks, stability tasks, and defense support of civil authorities (DSCA)
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Army forces demonstrate the Army's core competencies through decisive action -- the continuous, simultaneous combinations of offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks. In unified land operations, commanders seek to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative while synchronizing their actions to achieve the best effects possible.
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Offensive tasks impose the commander's will on the enemy. In combined arms maneuver, the offense is a task of decisive action.
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Army forces demonstrate their core competencies of combined arms maneuver and wide area security by combining offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks simultaneously. As part of a combined arms force within unified land operations, Army forces accept prudent risk to create opportunities to achieve decisive results.
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While all operations consist of simultaneous combined arms maneuver and wide area security in various proportions, most tactical tasks will be predominantly characterized by one or the other. The preponderant core competency determines the choice of defeat or stability mechanisms to describe how friendly forces accomplish the assigned mission.
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Army forces perform five primary stability tasks: Establish civil security, including security force assistance. Establish civil control.
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Combined arms maneuver and wide area security, executed through simultaneous offensive, defensive, stability, or defense support of civil authorities tasks, require continuously generating and applying combat power, often for extended periods. Combat power is the total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given time.
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Direct fire and close combat are inherent in maneuver. The movement and maneuver warfighting function includes tasks associated with force projection related to gaining a position of advantage over the enemy.
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Army fires systems deliver fires in support of offensive and defensive tasks to create specific lethal and nonlethal effects on a target. The fires warfighting function includes the following tasks: Deliver fires.
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Provide explosive ordnance disposal and protection support. Coordinate air and missile defense.
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ADP 3-0. Unified Land Operations.
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