text: Chapter 3
  3-109. When commanders destroy, they apply lethal force against an enemy capability so that it can no
  longer perform its function. Destroy is a tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat-
  ineffective until it is reconstituted. Alternatively, to destroy a combat system is to damage it so badly that it
  cannot perform any function or be restored to a usable condition without being entirely rebuilt (FM 3-90-1).
  Destruction and the threat of destruction lie at the core of all the defeat mechanisms and make them more
  compelling. The other mechanisms work when friendly action has caused enemy forces to face a grim reality:
  their ability to fight and relative advantages are degraded, and their options are to surrender, withdraw, or be
  destroyed.
  3-110. Dislocate is to employ forces to obtain significant positional advantage in one or more domains,
  rendering the enemy’s dispositions less valuable, perhaps even irrelevant. Typically, the impact of
  dislocation increases when the friendly force exploits advantages in multiple domains. Commanders often
  achieve dislocation through deception and by placing forces in locations where enemy forces do not expect
  them. Achieving dislocation requires an understanding how enemy forces are oriented and how quickly they
  can shift. Envelopments and turning movements enable physical dislocation. Deception can create and
  enhance psychological effects of dislocation.
  3-111. Isolate means to separate a force from its sources of support in order to reduce its effectiveness and
  increase its vulnerability to defeat (ADP 3-0). Isolation can encompass multiple domains and can have both
  physical and psychological effects detrimental to accomplishing a mission. Isolating an enemy force from
  the electromagnetic spectrum increases the effects of physical isolation by reducing its ability to
  communicate and degrading its situational awareness. The ability of an isolated unit to perform its intended
  mission generally degrades over time, decreasing its ability to interfere with an opposing force’s course of
  action. When commanders isolate, they deny enemy forces access to capabilities that enable them to
  maneuver at will in time and space.
  3-112. Disintegrate means to disrupt the enemy’s command and control, degrading the
  synchronization and cohesion of its operations. Disintegration prevents enemy unity of effort and leads to
  a degradation of the enemy’s capabilities or will to fight. It attacks the cohesion of enemy formations and
  their ability to employ combined arms approaches and work effectively together. Commanders can achieve
  disintegration by targeting enemy functions essential to the threat’s ability to act as a whole. They often
  achieve disintegration by specifically targeting an enemy’s command structure, communications systems,
  the linkages between them, and the capabilities they control. Disintegration can be achieved through the
  employment of the other three defeat mechanisms in combination, particularly when directed toward systems
  like integrated fires commands and integrated air defense systems heavily dependent upon C2 and sensor
  nodes.
  3-113. Cyberspace, space, and electromagnetic warfare capabilities can help disintegrate enemy formations
  by degrading communications and disrupting the quality of enemy information and decisions. Separating
  enemy reserves and follow-on echelons from the main body with maneuver forces or fires is a physical way
  to isolate echelons, achieve favorable force ratios, and destroy those echelons. This in turn disintegrates the
  coherence of an enemy’s attack or defense. Destroying enemy sustainment capability separates enemy fires
  and maneuver from fuel and ammunition and delays resupply operations.
  3-114. A stability mechanism is the primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order
  to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace (ADP 3-0). As with defeat mechanisms,
  combinations of stability mechanisms produce complementary and reinforcing effects that accomplish the
  mission more effectively and efficiently than single mechanisms do alone. The four stability mechanisms are
  compel, control, influence, and support:
  (cid:122) Compel means to use, or threaten to use, lethal force to establish control and dominance, affect
  behavioral change, or enforce compliance with mandates, agreements, or civil authority.
  (cid:122) Control involves imposing civil order.
  (cid:122) Influence means to alter the opinions, attitudes, and ultimately the behavior of foreign, friendly,
  neutral, and threat audiences through messages, presence, and actions.
  (cid:122) Support establishes, reinforces, or sets conditions necessary for the instruments of national power
  to function effectively.