text: Armies
  3-136. The field army plays a vital part in integrating unified action capabilities in an operational area.
  Building upon the links that the theater army develops with unified action partners during setting and
  maintaining the theater, the field army integrates these capabilities into its own combat power in AOs to
  present adversaries with multiple dilemmas. This creates advantages over opponents. Key tasks that field
  armies may perform to support this function include—
  * Integrate space support into operations.
  * Synchronize operational-level ground maneuver with joint force air component commander or Air
  Force forces operations.
  * Integrate maritime effects in support of land operations.
  * Integrate information-related capabilities in support of land operations.
  * Integrate cyberspace electromagnetic activities to support land operations.
  * Integrate unconventional forces into land operations.
  * Provide military deception planning and execution management, and support to tactical deception
  efforts in the operational area.
  * Synchronize cross-domain ISR and information collection throughout the operational area.
  * Manage the electromagnetic spectrum in the operational area.
  * Protect Army, joint, and multinational networks.
  * Liaise with unified action partners in the operational area.
  * Integrate unified action capabilities to consolidate gains in the operational area.
  * Prepare to integrate land-based capabilities in support of unified action against peer threats.
  * Prepare to execute CWMD tasks.
  Plan and Coordinate for the Consolidation of Gains in an Assigned Operational Area
  3-137. The field army directs and coordinates corps and division consolidation of gains in an assigned
  operational area. This requires planning, coordination, and execution for the consolidation of gains
  throughout an operation. As part of this, consolidate gains activities may require the field army to employ
  forces that perform tasks to—
  * Establish area security throughout subordinate AOs.
  * Plan offensive and defensive operations to destroy or neutralize remaining threats and protect the
  civilian population and infrastructure.
  * Conduct stability operations necessary to create conditions that allow for the transition to a
  legitimate authority.
  * Request additional follow-on forces and capabilities as required.
  * Recommend security force assistance to build the capability and capacity of host-nation security
  forces.
  3-138. Conduct information operations to slow and impair enemy decision making, support commander
  decision points and warfighting fighting functions, and as required support joint- and theater-level strategic
  messaging. As large-scale combat operations conclude, the field army reorganizes an AO into areas that
  facilitate the most rapid consolidation of gains. Operations primarily focus on defeating bypassed enemy
  forces and remnants, providing area security in high threat areas, and establishing stability in low threat areas.
  Ideally, the field army task-organizes echelons to tasks that consolidate gains, while coordinating transitions
  and long-term security cooperation initiatives with the theater army and unified action partners.
  FIELD ARMY IN COMPETITION
  3-139. When constituted, field armies assist the theater army commander and JFCs with posturing the joint
  and multinational force for armed conflict. They do so by relieving the theater army from day-to-day
  command and control of Army forces operating in an AOR and by executing competition tasks within the
  overall framework established by the geographic combatant command and the theater army. They provide
  JFCs with a land component command capability for the transition to large-scale ground combat. This enables