text: Unified Land Operations
  Note: JP 3-07, ADP 3-07, and FM 3-07 provide additional information on stability.
  3-28. CA forces set the conditions for stability operations by conducting CAO during the execution of
  offensive and defensive tasks to preserve combat power and lethality by mitigating the effects of the civil
  component on combat operations. The level of CAO support required to execute stability operations is
  directly related to the conditions within the OE. The CAO staff continually monitors the condition of the
  HN throughout the operation, applies available resources to affect the civilian component, and
  recommends military government or functional skills required to support this critical phase. CAO support
  conventional forces, SOF, USG agencies, and the host-nation civil administration in transitioning power
  back to a local government.
  3-29. CAO provide the commander with the ability to execute the stability mechanisms of compel, control,
  influence, and support in order to establish a lasting and stable peace. TG, CNDE, and CMI, specifically provide
  the commander the capability to interface with the civil component. CNDE actions enable the commander to
  compel in order to effect behavioral change. TG and CNDE actions provide the commander the ability to control
  in an effort to establish civil order and safety. CNDE and CMI provide options to influence in an effort to alter
  opinions of friendly, neutral, unknown, and threat populations. The implementation of all CA core competencies
  provides support to the civil population in order to set conditions necessary for the instruments of the host-
  nation government to function effectively.
  3-30. Integration with civil networks in the AO also enables a commander to fully employ the defeat
  mechanisms of dislocate, disintegrate, and isolate. Civil networks provide advanced indicators and warnings
  of enemy presence through civil knowledge (which is integrated within CPB to inform IPB of a command)
  and targeting processes to allow for more accurate and effective planning.
  3-31. The full capability of the CA force is essential to, and manifests in, the conduct of successful stability
  operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. CAO support to stability 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 stability
  include—
  * Recommending employment options for CA capabilities.
  * Collecting civil information through CND, CR and CE.
  * Integrating civil knowledge to develop the common operational picture.
  * Providing civil component analysis and evaluation toward the identification of—
  Centers of gravity.
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  Decisive points.
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  Critical links and nodes of civil networks.
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  Branches and sequels.
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  * Providing government function specialists to enable SCA and transitional military authority
  missions.
  * Providing government function specialist support as required.
  * Strengthening governance and participation through CMI and CNDE.
  * Safeguarding civil component resources and capabilities.
  * Planning and directing PRC, in coordination with the provost marshal and military police that
  support transitional public security to promote, restore, and maintain public order, and protect
  civilian populations when civil security has broken down or is nonexistent.
  * Developing mitigation strategies to minimize unnecessary damage to the civil infrastructure and
  culturally sensitive sites.
  * Identifying and tracking damage to civil infrastructure, personal property, and culturally sensitive sites.
  * Integrating civil knowledge into the planning processes to protect the populace, critical assets, and
  infrastructure.
  * Planning and executing DC operations to address endangered populations.