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  Table 1-1. Sustainment considerations for imperatives (continued)
  Imperatives Sustainment considerations
  Create and exploit positions of • Continue development of plans for precision sustainment and
  physical, information, and human predictive logistics capabilities.
  advantage in pursuit of decision
  • Continue to predict required funding for banking; update finance and
  dominance (continued).
  operations plans.
  • Continue development of plans for precision and predictive medical
  logistics capabilities.
  • Support displaced persons and detainee operations and support to
  host-nation civilians.
  Make initial contact with the • Conduct course of action development.
  smallest element possible.
  • Conduct collection management.
  • Understand enemy forces/dispositions.
  • Decisively engage on terms that are favorable.
  • Continue to manage personnel tracking and reporting.
  • Conduct detainee and displaced persons processing.
  • Provide operational reach to extend deep operations.
  • Anticipate rapid resupply operations to multiple small, dispersed
  elements for judicious employment of friendly forces.
  • Continue to provide predictive spending, funding, and banking in
  support of combatant commander initiatives.
  • Anticipate rapid Class VIII resupply operations to multiple small,
  dispersed elements while conducting casualty and medical
  evacuation.
  Impose multiple dilemmas on the • Maintain situational understanding of domains and dimension
  enemy. interrelationships.
  • Consider use of multiple supply nodes.
  • Identify/exploit enemy weaknesses.
  • Practice operations and physical security.
  • Conduct forcible entry operations.
  • Set favorable logistics conditions.
  • Plan, prepare, and support feints/deception operations.
  • Provide operational reach to extend deep operations.
  • Utilize multiple logistical nodes (ports of embarkation and ports of
  debarkation).
  Anticipate, plan, and execute • Plan and arrange operations for transitions.
  transitions.
  • Enable task organization that anticipates follow on phases of
  operations.
  • Rehearse critical transitions (defense to offense).
  • Ensure the force understands changes to rules of engagement
  during mission transitions.
  • Understand potential risks. Conduct collection management.
  • Continue to plan and execute non-unit related personnel replacement
  operations.
  • Plan and prepare for unit replacement.
  • Manage personnel tracking and reporting.
  • Continue development of plans for precision and predictive logistics
  capabilities.
  • Reprioritize resupply operations to maintain momentum.
  • Identify sustainment shortfalls/gaps against operational
  requirements.
  • Continue to provide predictive spending, funding, and banking in
  support of combatant commander’s initiatives.
  • Anticipate rapid Class VIII resupply while conducting medical
  evacuation.
  • Analyze health service support across the formation in theater.