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  ultimately creating opportunities to achieve decisive results. Operations in the information environment—
  the aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on
  information(JP 3-13)requires—
  (cid:122) Complementarytasks ofinformationoperationsthatinformandinfluence a globalaudienceand
  affectmoralewithintheoperationalenvironment.
  (cid:122) Cyber electromagnetic activities (See FM 3-38.) to ensure information availability, protection,
  and delivery, as well as a means to deny, degrade, or disrupt the enemy’s use of its command
  andcontrolsystemsandothercybercapabilities.
  (cid:122) Knowledge management capabilities to allow the commanders to make informed; timely
  decisionsdespitetheuncertaintyofoperations.
  (cid:122) Information management to help commanders make and disseminate effective decisions faster
  thantheenemycan.
  (cid:122) Informationsystemstounderstand,visualize,describe,anddirectoperations.
  SEACONTROL
  1-11. Local maritime superiority is required to project power ashore in support of the joint forcible entry
  operation and to protect sea lines of communications (SLOCs). Protection of SLOCs ensures the
  availability of logistic support required to sustain operations and support the transition to continuing
  operationsbyfollow-onforces.
  ISOLATETHELODGMENT
  1-12. A lodgment is a designated area in a hostile or potentially hostile operationalarea that, when seized
  and held, makes the continuous landing of troops and materiel possible and provides maneuver space for
  subsequentoperations. The joint force attacksor neutralizes enemy capabilities with the potential to affect
  theestablishmentofthelodgment.Thesecapabilitiesinclude—
  (cid:122) Enemyground,sea,andairforcesthatcanbecommittedtoreacttojointforceassaults.
  (cid:122) Indirectfiresystemsandtheatermissilesystemsthatcanrangethelodgment.
  (cid:122) Relatedenemysensors,commandandcontrolsystems,anddigitalnetworks.
  GAINANDMAINTAINACCESS
  1-13. Gaining and maintainingaccess is a critical precondition for successful forcible entryand follow-on
  operations. In any given operational area, numerous and diverse limitations to access present themselves.
  Access may be restricted due to diplomatic, economic, military, or cultural factors. Ports, airfields, and
  infrastructuresmaybephysicallylimited.Additionalaccesspreconditionconsiderationsinclude—
  (cid:122) Leveraging established basing, access, and security cooperation agreements as well as the
  regional and national expertise and partner capabilities developed through precrisis engagement
  activitiesatthenationalandregionallevels.
  (cid:122) Appropriate shaping operations or activities focused on identifying and neutralizing an
  adversary’santi-accesscapabilitiesbalancedagainsttheneedforsurprise.
  (cid:122) Operational access to expand the degree to which the full range of joint capabilities within the
  jointoperationsareaisutilized.
  NEUTRALIZEENEMYFORCESWITHINTHELODGMENT
  1-14. The joint force must neutralize enemy forces within the lodgment to facilitate the establishment of
  airheads(Refer tochapter3 ofthispublicationformore information.)and beachheads(Refer toJP 3-02for
  more information.) within the operational area and to provide for the immediate protection of the force.
  Planningconsiderationsshouldinclude—
  (cid:122) Identificationofenemyinfrastructure,which maybeofvalueforfutureusebyfriendlyforces.
  (cid:122) Limitingphysicaldamagetolessenthetimeneededtorebuild.