text: Chapter 5
  Operations to Consolidate Gains
  This chapter discusses signal support to Army operations to consolidate gains.
  OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONS TO CONSOLIDATE GAINS
  5-1. Commanders and staffs continuously consider activities necessary to consolidate gains and achieve the
  desired end state. Army units must consolidate gains to achieve enduring success. Consolidation of gains
  occurs in portions of an area of operations where large-scale combat operations are no longer occurring.
  Consolidation of gains consists of security and stability tasks and will likely involve combat operations
  against bypassed enemy forces and remnants of defeated units (FM 3-0). Army forces conduct consolidation
  of gains across the range of military operations. Consolidation of gains makes military objectives enduring.
  5-2. During large-scale combat operations, the size of consolidation areas generally increases as the
  operation progresses and units achieve combat successes. Eventually, most Army units can expect to conduct
  some consolidate gains activities during large-scale combat operations.
  5-3. During operations to consolidate gains, Army and joint commanders must be able to—
  * Employ joint fires.
  * Manage airspace.
  * Conduct sustainment tasks.
  * Conduct security tasks.
  * Begin reconstruction.
  * Coordinate humanitarian relief.
  SIGNAL SUPPORT
  5-4. Operations to consolidate gains change the focus of signal support. The corps and division G-6 staffs
  and the theater tactical signal brigade refine plans to transition available signal capabilities to support
  consolidation areas.
  5-5. During operations to consolidate gains, communications requirements will quickly surpass the
  capabilities of single-channel radio communications. The expeditionary signal battalion’s downward support
  requirements increase significantly as company- and platoon-sized units conduct area security and other
  consolidate gains tasks.
  5-6. Tactical signal units may support communications requirements for local and area security, civil
  security and control, restoration of essential services, and security cooperation. Expeditionary signal units
  provide this support only until civilian, local government or other agencies can establish communications.
  The transfer of an area of operations to legitimate civil authorities relieves the land force of area security and
  stability tasks and represents a transition from operations to consolidate gains to operations to shape or
  prevent. Regardless of the tasks required in a specific area of operations, signal units support the Army’s
  strategic roles of shape, prevent, win, and consolidate gains.
  5-7. During operations to consolidate gains, expeditionary signal capabilities return to their parent
  commands as soon as fixed communications infrastructure is available to support enduring base
  requirements. Strategic satellite and terrestrial network transport capabilities provide high-throughput
  connections to the DODIN-A. DODIN operations and cybersecurity tasks transition from the brigade combat
  team and division to the corps, theater army, theater tactical signal brigade, and SC(T).