text: Unified Land Operations
  Critical links and nodes of civil networks.
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  Branches and sequels.
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  * Denying civil component resources to the enemy through CNDE.
  * Leveraging established civil network capabilities and resources to create multiple dilemmas for
  an enemy, thereby reducing the ability of the enemy to allocate resources and forces to the fight.
  * Nominating restrictive-fire areas and no-fire areas to minimize damage to the civil infrastructure
  and culturally sensitive sites.
  * Producing effects in the civil component of the OE.
  * Integrating with operations to secure critical civil assets, thereby freeing U.S. forces for other
  tasks.
  * Tracking damage to infrastructure and other combat-related effects to the civil component.
  * Providing civil component analysis to planning processes.
  * Integrating civil knowledge to develop the common operational picture.
  * Planning and conducting PRC operations to increase the burden to adversaries and threats (by
  creating strategic and political dilemmas).
  * Advising on the presence of culturally, economically, and politically significant assets and
  resources within the AO.
  * Developing courses of action that will lead to area security and civil control by integrating stability
  operations tasks.
  * Preventing or mitigating civilian interference with military operations and the impact of military
  operations on the civil populace.
  * Identifying, preventing, and addressing friction points between military forces and the civil
  population.
  DEFENSE
  3-24. A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and
  develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations (ADP 3-0). Normally the defense cannot
  achieve a decisive victory. However, it sets conditions for a counteroffensive or a counterattack that enables
  forces to regain the initiative. Defensive operations are a counter to an enemy offensive action. They defeat
  attacks, thereby destroying as much of the attacking enemy as possible. They also preserve control over land,
  resources, and populations. The purpose of defensive operations is to retain key terrain, guard populations,
  protect lines of communications, and protect critical capabilities against enemy attacks. Commanders execute
  defensive operations to gain time, promote civil security, and economize forces so offensive operations can
  be executed elsewhere.
  Note: ADP 3-90 provides a detailed outline of defensive operations.
  3-25. The full capability of the CA force is essential to and manifests in the conduct of successful defensive
  operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. CAO support to defense includes the execution of
  all four CA core competencies and continuous analysis of the civil component—in terms of both operational
  and mission variables—by CAO staff elements. Critical tasks executed by CA forces supporting defense
  include—
  * Recommending employment options for CA capabilities.
  * Collecting civil information through CNDE to—
  Develop the civil component of the common operational picture for the supported commander.
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  Isolate enemy forces.
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  Fill intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance gaps through CND, CR, and CE.
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  * Providing civil component analysis and evaluation through CNDE and CKI toward the
  identification of—
  Centers of gravity.
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  Decisive points.
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