text: Introduction
  Doctrine by definition is broad in scope and involves principles, tactics, techniques, and procedures
  applicable to Army operations worldwide. Thus, this publication does not focus on any region or country.
  Nor is it intended to be a standalone reference. Users should assess information from other sources to help
  them decide how to apply the doctrine in this publication to the specific circumstances facing them.
  Throughout U.S. history, the Army has learned that military force alone cannot secure sustainable peace. A
  comprehensive approach is required, as well as in-depth understanding of an operational environment.
  Stability ultimately aims to establish conditions the local populace regards as legitimate, acceptable, and
  predictable. Stabilization is a process in which personnel identify and mitigate underlying sources of
  instability to establish the conditions for long-term stability. Therefore, stability tasks focus on identifying
  and targeting the root causes of instability and building the capacity of local institutions. Army forces
  accomplish stability missions and perform tasks across the range of military operations and in coordination
  with other instruments of national power. Stability missions and tasks are part of broader efforts to establish
  and maintain the conditions for stability in an unstable area before or during hostilities, or to reestablish
  enduring peace and stability after open hostilities cease. Army stability doctrine is based on lessons learned
  from previous and contemporary operations.
  FM 3-07 expands upon stability tasks, their role in unified land operations, and considerations specific to
  stability. It contains four chapters.
  Chapter 1 expands the discussion of stability tasks introduced in ADP 3-07 and ADRP 3-07. It introduces
  the reader to the stability tasks and places them in the context of Army operations.
  Chapter 2 discusses transitions, including how to perform the tasks of changing the focus of the operation.
  Transitions are an essential part of stability.
  Chapter 3 addresses the whole-of-government and comprehensive approaches to unity of effort. This
  chapter elaborates considerations that will assist commanders and staffs in focusing collaboration and
  cooperation with partners toward a common goal.
  Chapter 4 looks at assessment. Identifying and prioritizing the local sources of instability is an essential
  first step toward understanding on how to apply military resources and how to determine what is working.
  This publication completes the transition of Army stability doctrine to the Doctrine 2015 structure.
  ADP 3-07 and ADRP 3-07 introduced the basic concept behind stability including the stability principles:
  conflict transformation, unity of effort, legitimacy and host-nation ownership, and building partner
  capacity. ADP 3-07 and ADRP 3-07 also identified and described the primary stability tasks, how to
  consider stability in planning for operations, the place of stability in unified land operations, and unique
  considerations for stability across the range of military operations. Introductory figure 1 lays out the
  underlying logic for stability tasks in operations and lists stability tasks in both decisive action and the
  Army’s concept of unified land operations.