text: Multidomain Operations and Intelligence
  Table 2-11. Intelligence considerations for the imperatives of operations (continued)
  Imperative Intelligence considerations (not all-inclusive)
  Impose multiple dilemmas on the enemy.
  Imposing multiple dilemmas on enemy forces complicates
  their decision making and forces them to prioritize among
  • Intelligence preparation of the OE:
  competing options. This is a way of seizing the initiative and
  making enemy forces react to friendly operations. ▪Situational understanding of domain and dimension interrelationships.
  Simultaneous operations encompassing multiple domains— ▪Identifying enemy C2 networks with capabilities and vulnerabilities.
  conducted in depth and supported by deception—present ▪COA development.
  enemy forces with multiple dilemmas. Employing ▪Event templates and associated event matrices.
  capabilities from multiple domains degrades enemy • Support to the military decision-making process.
  freedom of action, reduces enemy flexibility and endurance,
  • Support to targeting.
  and disrupts enemy plans and coordination. The application
  • Support to deception efforts.
  of capabilities in complementary and reinforcing ways
  creates more problems than an enemy commander can
  solve. This erodes enemy effectiveness and the will to fight.
  Anticipate, plan, and execute transitions.
  • Input to information collection.
  Transitions mark a change of focus in an operation.
  • Collection management with emphasis on collection transitions.
  Leaders plan transitions as part of the initial plan or parts
  • Input to the military decision-making process.
  of a branch or sequel. They can be unplanned and cause
  • Input to consolidating gains, branches, and sequels.
  the force to react to unforeseen circumstances.
  • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.
  Transitions can be part of progress toward mission
  accomplishment, or they can reflect a temporary setback. • Support to assessments, including measures of performance and effectiveness.
  Designate, weight, and sustain the main effort.
  Commanders frequently face competing demands for
  limited resources. They establish priorities to resolve • Intelligence preparation of the OE with emphasis on terrain analysis.
  these demands by designating, weighting, and sustaining • Assisting the commander and staff in understanding friendly combat power in
  the main effort. They provide the main effort with the relation to the threat correlation of forces analysis.
  appropriate resources and support necessary for its • Support to identifying defeat mechanisms.
  success. When designating a main effort, commanders • Collection management.
  consider augmenting a unit’s task organization and giving • Support to information collection.
  it priority of resources and support. The commander • Input to the military decision-making process.
  designates various priorities of support, such as for air • Support to targeting.
  and missile defense, close air support and other fires, • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.
  information collection, mobility and countermobility, and
  sustainment.
  Consolidate gains continuously.
  Leaders add depth to their operations in time and purpose
  when they consolidate gains. Commanders consolidate
  gains at the operational and tactical levels as a
  strategically informed approach to current operations,
  • Collection management.
  considering the desired political outcome of the conflict.
  • Counterintelligence primary mission areas.
  During competition and crisis, commanders expand
  • Support to security operations and protection activities.
  opportunities created from previous conflicts and activities
  • Evaluating time windows for effects to appear within the OE.
  to sustain enduring U.S. interests, while improving the
  • Support to stability activities or operations.
  credibility, readiness, and deterrent effect of Army forces.
  During large-scale combat operations, commanders • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.
  consolidate gains continuously or as soon as possible,
  deciding whether to accept risk with a more moderate
  tempo during the present mission or in the future as large-
  scale combat operations conclude.
  Understand and manage the effects of operations on
  units and leaders.
  Continuous operations rapidly degrade the performance of
  people and the equipment employed, particularly during
  combat. In battle, Soldiers and units are more likely to fail
  • Engagement with intelligence staff members.
  catastrophically than gradually. Commanders and staffs
  • Focusing on training to improve combat effectiveness.
  must be alert to small indicators of fatigue, fear, indiscipline,
  • Staff member recuperation.
  and reduced morale; they must take measures to deal with
  • Military intelligence unit engaged leadership.
  these indicators before their cumulative effects drive a unit
  to the threshold of collapse. Staffs and commanders at
  higher echelons must consider the impact of prolonged
  combat on subordinate units. This causes efficiency to drop,
  even when physical losses are not great.
  C2 command and control FM field manual
  CIP common intelligence picture OE operational environment
  COA course of action U.S. United States
  COP common operational picture