text: Army Health System Support to the Army’s Strategic Roles
  Figure A-3. Army Health System support during large-scale ground combat operations
  CONSOLIDATE GAINS
  A-13. Army forces provide the joint force commander the ability to capitalize on operational success by
  consolidating gains. Consolidate gains is an integral part of winning armed conflict and achieving success
  across the competition continuum. It is essential to retaining the initiative over determined enemies and
  adversaries. Army forces reinforce and integrate the efforts of all unified action partners when they
  consolidate gains.
  A-14. Army forces consolidate gains in support of a host nation and its civilian population, or as part of the
  pacification of a hostile state. These gains may include the establishment of public security temporarily by
  using the military as a transitional force, the relocation of displaced civilians, reestablishment of law and
  order, performance of humanitarian assistance, and restoration of key infrastructure. Concurrently, corps and
  divisions must be able to accomplish these activities while sustaining, repositioning, and reorganizing
  subordinate units to continue operations in the close area. Refer to ATP 3-91 and ATP 3-92 for more
  information.
  A-15. Upon successful termination of large-scale ground combat operations, Army forces in the close area
  transition rapidly to the conduct of consolidation of gains activities. Alternatively, they may be relieved in
  place by another unit. Consolidation of gains activities may encompass a lengthy period of post conflict
  operations prior to redeployment. This transition to consolidation of gains may occur even if large-scale
  ground combat operations are occurring in other parts of an AO in order to exploit tactical success.
  Anticipation and early planning for activities after large-scale ground combat operations ease the transition
  process.
  A-16. The joint force commander defines the conditions to which an AO is to be stabilized. The theater army
  is normally the overseer of the orderly transition of authority to appropriate U.S., international, interagency,
  or host-nation agencies. The theater army and subordinate commanders emphasize those activities that