text: Signal Support to Operations to Shape and Prevent
  Disrupting the ability of Army forces to track the identity, status, and location of units, personnel, and cargo
  may cause delays in deployment, desynchronize force deployment plans, and disrupt U.S. forces’ ability to
  quickly build combat power.
  3-51. The theater army G-6 coordinates technical response options to implement cybersecurity in the theater
  portion of the DODIN-A. Enforcing encryption standards, minimizing non-essential use of the commercial
  Internet, validating connected devices, and enforcing strict network authentication are some of the technical
  response options the G-6 can implement to improve the network’s cybersecurity posture. The joint force J-6
  coordinates with the operations directorate of a joint staff (J-3) and the joint cyberspace center to deploy
  cyberspace defense forces and to conduct threat-based analysis, monitoring, and vulnerability mitigation on
  key terrain in cyberspace.
  RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATION
  3-52. Reception, staging, onward movement, and integration delivers combat power to the joint force
  commander in a theater of operations or a joint operations area (FM 3-0). Signal elements supporting
  reception, staging, onward movement, and integration provide the theater army and arriving units the
  communications capabilities necessary to enable command and control and track personnel and equipment
  as they transit ports of debarkation and staging areas to enable rapid onward movement.
  3-53. During reception and staging, signal units provide fixed infrastructure or tactical signal support at ports
  of debarkation and staging bases to enable the unit’s reception, staging, onward movement, and integration.
  Tactical communications systems not configured to operate in the theater before deployment do so during
  staging. Deploying units test and validate their radios and network systems, as time permits.
  3-54. Theater army, corps, and division G-6s plan signal support for emergency road and route
  communications, casualty evacuation, route control, and other specialized communications requirements
  during onward movement. Units should limit nonsecure cellphone use because of the vulnerability it brings
  to operations. The theater tactical signal brigade deploys to exercise command and control of expeditionary
  signal battalions and augments the corps network operations and security center or joint network operations
  control center to provide DODIN operations oversight for tactical networks.
  3-55. During integration, signal elements continue to support unit arrivals, begin integrating their network
  systems into the theater network, and establish network situational awareness so they can monitor and track
  the installation, operation, maintenance, and security of the network. The theater tactical signal brigade works
  directly with the Army component G-6 or the joint force J-6 as the central focal point for all network
  activities.
  CONSOLIDATING GAINS
  3-56. The primary signal tasks in consolidating gains during operations to prevent are planning efforts to
  migrate to fixed infrastructure when and where possible and planning support for follow-on forces
  specifically tasked to consolidate gains. Thorough signal planning and preparation for support to offensive,
  defensive, and stability tasks enable positive future security and stability outcomes.
  3-57. Signal commanders and staffs plan for the eventual expansion of consolidation areas, as well as
  supporting the command structure responsible for those areas as large-scale combat operations continue.
  Tactical signal capabilities support communications requirements while fixed communications infrastructure
  is being built out in consolidation areas. Planning for rapid network expansion is a critical part of signal
  support in operations to prevent.