text: Chapter 1
  Stability Tasks in Military Operations
  This chapter begins with a discussion of the five primary stability tasks. Then it
  provides guidance to help Army leaders identify and execute them effectively.
  Finally, it presents considerations for related activities and missions that apply to all
  aspects of stability tasks.
  PRIMARY STABILITY TASKS
  1-1. Stability tasks are part of every operation. However, the proportion of stability tasks, in relation to
  offensive and defensive tasks, may change. Whether an operation is a peace operation preventing conflict
  or a large-scale combat operation, forces will always integrate offensive, defensive, and stability tasks. For
  example, in a peace operation, forces may still perform offensive tasks such as raids to capture war
  criminals. Conversely, in large-scale combat operations, forces perform stability tasks to control captured
  areas or provide emergency essential services.
  1-2. The primary stability tasks reflect myriad interrelated activities conducted across the five stability
  sectors. Tasks performed in one sector inevitably create related effects in another sector; planned and
  performed appropriately, carefully sequenced activities complement and reinforce these effects. Achieving
  a specific objective or setting certain conditions often requires performing a number of related tasks among
  different stability sectors. An example of this is the effort required to provide a safe, secure environment for
  the local populace. Rather than the outcome of a single task focused solely on the local populace, safety
  and security are broad effects. Military forces achieve them by ending hostilities, isolating belligerents and
  criminal elements, demobilizing armed groups, eliminating explosives and other hazards, and providing
  public order and safety. In other words, to ensure security will be sustained over time, forces perform
  numerous tasks across all the stability sectors.
  1-3. Operations focused on stability aim to stabilize the environment enough so the host nation can begin
  to resolve the root causes of conflict and state failure. These operations establish a safe, secure environment
  that facilitates reconciliation among local or regional adversaries. Operations focused on stability aim to
  establish conditions that support the transition to legitimate host-nation governance, a functioning civil
  society, and a viable market economy.
  1-4. The size of the force and combination of tasks necessary to stabilize conditions depend on the
  situation in the operational area. When a functional, effective host-nation government exists, military forces
  work through and with local civil authorities. Together they restore stability and order and sometimes to
  reform the security institutions that foster long-term development. In this situation, the size of the force and
  the scope of the mission are more limited. However, in a worst-case scenario, the security environment
  would be in chaos and the state would be in crisis or failed altogether. In this situation, international law
  requires the military force to focus on essential tasks that establish a safe, secure environment and to
  address the immediate humanitarian needs of the local populace. This requires a force capable of securing
  borders, protecting the population, holding individuals accountable for criminal activities, regulating the
  behavior of individuals or groups that pose a security risk, reestablishing essential civil services, and setting
  conditions in the operational area that enable the success of other partners.
  1-5. Military forces provide support to facilitate the completion of tasks for which the host nation is
  normally responsible. Typically, these tasks have a security component ideally performed by military
  forces. However, military forces sometimes provide logistics, medical, or administrative support to enable
  the success of civilian agencies and organizations. These tasks generally fall into one of three categories,
  representing the collective effort associated with an operation focused on stability: