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  foreign military financing (FMS/FMF), IMET, and infrastructure construction to build capabilities using the
  DOTMLPF-P framework. Within any given country, the SCO is charged with developing capabilities using
  the DOTMLPF-P framework and SFA planners and practitioners must fully understand and integrate these
  practices to ensure unity of effort. For example, advisory efforts in the operating force must match doctrinal
  development in the generating force. Operators and maintainers of equipment provided by 22 USC SA
  programs should be trained (potentially by SFA forces) at the operating force level, and a training pipeline
  for users and maintainers of that equipment must be established in the generating force. Neglecting any one
  of the DOTMLPF-P areas will likely result in temporary capabilities that expire over time because the FSF
  does not have the institutional capacity to maintain the capability.
  SC ROLE IN SETTING THE THEATER FOR MULTIDOMAIN AND MULTINATIONAL
  OPERATIONS
  3-16. Campaigns and operations are carried out by combatant commands to achieve U.S. national objectives
  and shape an OE. These campaigns and operations aim to prevent, prepare for, or lessen the impact of a crisis
  or contingency while pursuing national objectives, and the measures taken have the potential to strengthen
  bonds between multinational partners, raise understanding of the region, help assure access when needed,
  and strengthen the capabilities for future multinational operations, all of which contribute to deterrence.
  3-17. Setting the theater for multidomain and multinational operations is not limited to combat operations.
  In fact, setting the stage is a constant process, where SC planners anticipate, understand, and shape an OE to
  not only address LSCO, but activities across the range of military operations to include humanitarian
  assistance and relief.
  3-18. Setting the theater ensures critical capabilities are pre-staged, maintained, and continuously available
  to effectively respond and win in crisis and conflict. Overcoming adversarial A2/AD capabilities to establish
  and maintain access to operational areas where U.S. forces are likely to operate is essential. SC can enable
  sustained operational access and extend operational reach through cooperative efforts, like acquisition and
  cross-servicing agreements with the host-nation security force to ensure a forward presence and access to
  airfields, seaports, and sustainment stocks in the rapid transition from competition to crisis or armed conflict.
  3-19. In addition to sustained operational access, SC force presence and activities can help to set the theater
  by providing the joint force commander (JFC) with flexible deterrence and response options. These options
  should include strategies to build, integrate, and leverage FSF combat power; familiarize, train, and rehearse
  with the partner FSF on contingency plans; and maintain influence by being responsive to partner FSF
  security needs through continuous advisement, support, and liaison.
  Providing Added Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capability to the Network
  3-20. In competition below armed conflict, regionally aligned and forward-stationed SFA forces can be
  instrumental in helping to shape an OE by developing partner FSF capability to add additional intelligence,
  surveillance, and reconnaissance capacity to the network. SFA forces are uniquely positioned and adept at
  recognizing and countering adversary attempts to gain positions of relative advantage because of their
  relationships and routine interactions with the partner FSF, and through a more intimate knowledge of host-
  nation information systems and processes, geography, and technical infrastructure.
  3-21. SFA forces can leverage the partner FSF to support the theater army intelligence, surveillance, and
  reconnaissance efforts by—
  * Helping to gain and maintain situational awareness across the theater.
  * Providing support to warning, general, and target intelligence products.
  * Providing continual support to target development.
  * Providing updates to the information collection plan.
  Gaining and Providing Improved Situational Awareness and Understanding to the Combatant
  Command and Regionally Aligned Units
  3-22. Below the threshold of armed conflict, SC teams and forward stationed and rotational forces provide
  agility to the combatant command because they are able to perform a wide variety of missions and create