text: Contents
  Section III – Threat Countermeasures .................................................................. 3-6
  Evasion.....................................................................................................................3-6
  Disruption..................................................................................................................3-7
  Public Perception......................................................................................................3-8
  Political Considerations.............................................................................................3-8
  Section IV – Countering Adaptations and Retaining the Initiative .................... 3-9
  Chapter 4 MISSION COMMAND ............................................................................................... 4-1
  Section I – Fundamentals of Mission Command ................................................. 4-1
  Principles of Mission Command................................................................................4-2
  Command Presence.................................................................................................4-2
  Illustrations of the Seven Principles of Mission Command.......................................4-4
  Command and Control..............................................................................................4-5
  Section II – Command and Control Warfighting Function .................................. 4-7
  Command and Control Warfighting Function Tasks.................................................4-8
  Command and Control System.................................................................................4-8
  Operations Process.................................................................................................4-10
  Parallel, Collaborative, and Distributed Planning....................................................4-30
  Integrating Processes.............................................................................................4-31
  Section III – The Exercise of Command and Control ........................................ 4-45
  Staff Organization...................................................................................................4-45
  Command Post Organization and Operations........................................................4-52
  Air Ground Operations............................................................................................4-71
  Intelligence Support Teams....................................................................................4-73
  Cyberspace Electromagnetic Activities...................................................................4-74
  Chapter 5 RECONNAISSANCE AND SECURITY .................................................................... 5-1
  Section I – Reconnaissance and Security Forces ............................................... 5-1
  Reconnaissance and Security Operations................................................................5-1
  Commander’s Reconnaissance and Security Guidance..........................................5-3
  Combined Arms, Air-Ground Reconnaissance and Security....................................5-6
  Reconnaissance and Security Force Sustainment...................................................5-6
  Section II – Reconnaissance .................................................................................. 5-7
  Purpose of Reconnaissance.....................................................................................5-7
  Reconnaissance Operations.....................................................................................5-9
  Reconnaissance Handover.....................................................................................5-12
  Reconnaissance-Pull Verses Reconnaissance-Push.............................................5-13
  Surveillance.............................................................................................................5-15
  Section III – Security Operations ......................................................................... 5-18
  Fundamentals of Security Operations.....................................................................5-19
  Types of Security Operations..................................................................................5-20
  Section IV – Intelligence Operations ................................................................... 5-22
  Employment of Military Intelligence Assets............................................................5-22
  Intelligence Capabilities..........................................................................................5-23
  Reconnaissance and Security Across All Domains................................................5-25
  Chapter 6 OFFENSE ................................................................................................................. 6-1
  Section I – Characteristics of the Offense ............................................................ 6-1
  Surprise.....................................................................................................................6-3
  Concentration............................................................................................................6-3
  Tempo.......................................................................................................................6-3
  Audacity....................................................................................................................6-4
  Section II – Common Offensive Planning Considerations ................................. 6-4