text: Chapter 3
  Fundamentals of Operations
  There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to
  more melodies than can ever be heard.
  There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues
  than can ever been seen.
  There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors
  than can ever be tasted.
  Sun Tzu
  This chapter describes the Army’s operational concept, multidomain operations. It
  provides an overview of multidomain operations and describes it in terms of tenets,
  imperatives, an operational approach, a strategic framework, and an operational
  framework.
  SECTION I – MULTIDOMAIN OPERATIONS: THE ARMY’S OPERATIONAL
  CONCEPT
  3-1. The Army’s operational concept is
  multidomain operations. Multidomain operations Multidomain operations are the combined arms
  are how Army forces contribute to and operate as employment of all joint and Army capabilities to
  create and exploit relative advantages that
  part of the joint force. Army forces, enabled by joint
  achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and
  capabilities provide the lethal and resilient
  consolidate gains on behalf of joint force
  landpower necessary to defeat threat standoff
  commanders.
  approaches and achieve joint force objectives.
  3-2. The employment of joint and Army
  capabilities, integrated across echelons and synchronized in a combined arms approach, is essential to
  defeating threats able to contest the joint force in all domains. Army forces integrate land, maritime, air,
  space, and cyberspace capabilities that facilitate maneuver to create physical, information, and human
  advantages joint force commanders exploit across the competition continuum. Commanders and staffs
  require the knowledge, skills, and attributes to integrate capabilities rapidly and at the necessary scale
  appropriate to each echelon.
  3-3. During competition, theater armies strengthen landpower networks, set the theater, and demonstrate
  readiness for armed conflict through the command and control (C2) of Army forces supporting the CCP.
  During crisis, theater armies provide options to combatant commanders (CCDRs) as they facilitate the flow
  and organization of land forces moving into theater. During armed conflict, theater armies enable and support
  joint force land component commander (JFLCC) employment of land forces. The JFLCC provides C2 of
  land forces and allocates joint capabilities to its corps and other subordinate tactical formations. Corps
  integrate joint and Army capabilities at the right tactical echelons and employ divisions to achieve JFLCC
  objectives. Divisions, enabled and supported by the corps, defeat enemy forces, control land areas, and
  consolidate gains for the joint force. Defeating or destroying enemy capabilities that facilitate the enemy’s
  preferred layered stand-off approaches are central to success. Ultimately, operations by Army forces both
  enable and are enabled by the joint force.