text: Introduction
  This enhances Army commanders’ abilities to reach the ultimate goals of—
  * Enabling mission command.
  * Shaping the operational environment.
  * Maintaining operating tempo.
  * Preserving combat power.
  * Consolidating gains.
  * Creating effects in the civil component to support the four strategic roles of the Army, which are—
  Shape operational environments.
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  Prevent conflict.
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  Prevail in large-scale combat operations.
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  Consolidate gains.
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  FM 3-57 provides Army Civil Affairs capstone doctrine as a foundation for employment of the force during
  all phases of operations. FM 3-57 contains five chapters and four appendixes.
  Chapter 1 highlights the roles, authorities core competencies, missions, characteristics, and principles of the
  Civil Affairs branch.
  Chapter 2 describes Civil Affairs operations, which establish and enhance shared understanding of the civil
  component of the operational environment and create effects in military operations. The discussion details
  the core competencies and missions executed within Civil Affairs operations that enable success across the
  competition continuum.
  Chapter 3 focuses on the four Army strategic roles and describes the contribution of Civil Affairs operations
  to unified land operations within the framework of the four tasks of decisive action. This chapter also
  describes the interactions between Civil Affairs forces and other organizations and operations in the multi-
  domain extended battlefield. Finally, this chapter describes the Civil Affairs contribution to achieving
  enduring objectives during competition through civil network development and enhanced governance.
  Chapter 4 details the integration of Civil Affairs forces into the Army operations structure, the capabilities
  of Civil Affairs forces by echelon, and the role of Civil Affairs task forces.
  Chapter 5 outlines the role of Civil Affairs forces in integrating, coordinating, and synchronizing partners
  and interorganizational elements to ensure unity of effort in support of joint forces in unified action.
  Appendix A is a brief history of United States Army Civil Affairs forces, highlighting some critical events
  during its continuous evolution.
  Appendix B provides a description of the role Civil Affairs government function specialists and the
  capabilities they provide in the provision of governmental sector expertise.
  Appendix C describes the role of Civil Affairs forces in special operations and highlights the role of Civil
  Affairs forces in unconventional warfare, direct action, counterterrorism, and countering weapons of mass
  destruction.
  Appendix D focuses on a variety of symbols and graphic control measures related to Civil Affairs and Civil
  Affairs missions.