text: Operations During Competition Below Armed Conflict
  throughout an AOR while improving the security capabilities of partner nations. Gaining relative advantages
  during competition requires intelligence about the adversary’s capabilities and intent relative to friendly
  forces. While adversary intent is more difficult to ascertain, both factors are equally important since capability
  plus malign intent represent a larger immediate threat than either factor on its own. This understanding allows
  theater army commanders to recommend actions to the CCDR that impede adversary goals or convince
  adversaries to seek alternative courses of action more favorable to U.S. interests.
  4-57. The theater army integrates Army forces and capabilities with the other instruments of national power
  on behalf of the CCDR. It fulfills CCDR requirements while simultaneously fulfilling Service-specific
  requirements for Army forces to prepare for large-scale combat operations. It achieves its support to both the
  joint force and Army by concentrating on seven functions and by providing oversight or C2 to subordinate
  Army organizations during competition. Within each theater army function, there are multiple tasks the
  theater army might fulfill to achieve its mission. (See FM 3-94 and ATP 3-93 for an expanded discussion of
  each function listed in paragraph 4-58 and the subordinate tasks within each function.)
  4-58. During competition, the theater army focuses on enabling the United States, its allies, and other unified
  action partners to compete effectively below the threshold of armed conflict in ways directed by the CCDR.
  These persistent and regular activities provide assurance to partner nations and deter adversaries. The theater
  army does this by focusing on the following functions:
  (cid:122) Execute the CCDR’s daily operational requirements.
  (cid:122) Provide administrative control (ADCON) of Army forces.
  (cid:122) Set and maintain the theater.
  (cid:122) Set and support operational areas.
  (cid:122) Exercise C2 over Army forces in the theater.
  (cid:122) Perform joint roles limited in scope, scale, and duration.
  (cid:122) Conduct contingency planning for crisis and armed conflict.
  Combatant Commander Daily Operational Requirements
  4-59. The theater army translates the CCDR’s plans and requirements into concrete actions by Army forces.
  This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities and tasks:
  (cid:122) Provide Army support to other Services (ASOS).
  (cid:122) Conduct theater security cooperation.
  (cid:122) Assess and develop infrastructure.
  (cid:122) Develop concept plans and OPLANS.
  (cid:122) Maintain threat models and provide intelligence on significant changes in the operational
  environment.
  Provide Administrative Control
  4-60. Administrative control is the direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations
  in respect to administration and support. The exercise of ADCON fulfills a military department’s statutory
  responsibilities. ADCON is synonymous with administration and support responsibilities identified in Title
  10, USC. ADCON includes organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel
  management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, demobilization, discipline,
  and other matters not included in the operational missions. The theater army headquarters is responsible for
  ADCON of all Army forces in the AOR in both peacetime and wartime. (See AR 10-87 for more information
  on ADCON.)
  Set and Maintain the Theater
  4-61. In addition to the broad requirements in setting a theater, including contributions from all warfighting
  functions (outlined in paragraphs 4-13 through 4-15), theater armies have unique requirements for theater
  setting met by conducting sustainment preparation of the operational environment. Sustainment preparation
  of the operational environment is a continuous shaping activity involving analysis to determine infrastructure,
  environmental, or resource factors in the operational environment that impact the Army’s ability to sustain a