text: Operations Structure
  or episodic engagement with civil networks, and development of partner capacity through security cooperation
  missions allows commanders access to civil information that is critical in planning initial entry and staging
  operations. Those same partner civil networks can be utilized to identify and provide civilian resources which
  can be allocated for military use and for the creation of partnerships with local governments for the purpose of
  enhancing host-nation support that has been negotiated between the U.S. and the HN.
  4-93. Sourcing requirements locally reduces the logistical burden on commanders and allows for greater
  conservation of resources which are hard to acquire, but necessary for prosecuting the fight against the enemy.
  Local resources also shorten the logistic lines, which slow a force’s movement. Host-nation support is civil
  and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its territory during peacetime, crises or
  emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between nations (JP 4-0).
  4-94. CA forces in the consolidation and support areas partner with local governments and organizations
  through CNDE and CMI to ensure that there is no disruption to logistics supply from adversaries in the civil
  component. Logistics convoys, especially those contracted locally during operational preparation of the
  environment and stability operations, are ripe for exploitation from criminal elements. CA forces partnered with
  local civil networks and governments help identify and disrupt criminal enterprises that may be associated with
  enemy elements. This action benefits the security of logistics supplies into the close area. Greater civil security
  in the rear area frees military resources that the commander needs to push to the forward line of own troops. It
  also allows for more reliable logistics chains supporting elements on the offensive.
  4-95. During stabilization operations, CA forces and planners are critical in identifying humanitarian needs and
  working with local sources and international partners to provide for the humanitarian needs of the population.
  Partnerships built through CNDE and executed through CMI ensure that local governance elements always
  provide a local face for the diminution of humanitarian distress. These actions help to build legitimacy of the
  HN.
  PROTECTION
  4-96. The protection warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the
  commander can apply maximum combat power to accomplish the mission (ADP 3-0). Commanders
  incorporate protection when they understand and visualize threats and hazards in an OE. This allows them to
  synchronize and integrate all protection capabilities to safeguard bases, secure routes, and protect forces.
  4-97. Preserving the force includes protecting the following assets of the U.S., unified action partners, and HNs:
  * Personnel (combatants and noncombatants).
  * Physical assets.
  4-98. Protection determines the degree to which potential threats can disrupt operations so that forces may
  counter or mitigate those threats before they can act. However, protection is not a linear activity—planning,
  preparing, executing, and assessing protection are continuous and enduring activities. The protection
  warfighting function includes these tasks:
  * Conduct survivability operations.
  * Conduct support to SCA.
  * Integrate civil knowledge in the development of security control, area security, and civil security plans.
  * Execute CNDE to inform the common operational picture.
  * Develop civil networks to identify capabilities, capacities, and resources that can be used to secure
  and protect the force.
  * Provide force health protection.
  * Conduct chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear operations.
  * Provide explosive ordnance disposal support.
  * Coordinate air and missile defense support.
  * Conduct personnel recovery.
  * Conduct detention operations.
  * Conduct RM.
  * Implement physical security procedures.