text: *FM 3-96
  Field Manual Headquarters
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  Brigade Combat Team
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE.................................................................................................................... ix
  INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... xi
  Chapter 1 ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................................... 1-1
  Section I – Infantry Brigade Combat Team ........................................................... 1-1
  Section II – Stryker Brigade Combat Team ......................................................... 1-11
  Section III – Armored Brigade Combat Team ..................................................... 1-15
  Chapter 2 THE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM AND THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ..... 2-1
  Section I – Operational Overview .......................................................................... 2-1
  Army Strategic Roles.................................................................................................2-1
  Military Operations.....................................................................................................2-1
  Operational Environment...........................................................................................2-2
  Section II – Understand, Shape, and Influence .................................................... 2-5
  Understanding the Operational Environment............................................................2-7
  Shapethe Environment.............................................................................................2-9
  Influence Audiences................................................................................................2-11
  Influence Outcomes.................................................................................................2-13
  Section III – Consolidation of Gains .................................................................... 2-13
  Section IV – Large-Scale Combat Operations .................................................... 2-15
  Army Forces in Large-Scale Ground Combat Operations......................................2-16
  The Brigade Combat Team in Large-Scale Combat Operations............................2-18
  Decisive Action........................................................................................................2-19
  Combat Power.........................................................................................................2-20
  Combined Arms.......................................................................................................2-21
  Hasty Versus Deliberate Operations.......................................................................2-22
  Close Combat..........................................................................................................2-23
  Operations Structure...............................................................................................2-24
  Force Projection......................................................................................................2-30
  Chapter 3 THREAT .................................................................................................................... 3-1
  Section I – Understanding the Threat .................................................................... 3-1
  Threat Composition, Disposition, and Intention.........................................................3-1
  Potential Threat Groups............................................................................................3-3
  Section II – Threat Characteristics and Organization .......................................... 3-5
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  *This publication supersedes FM 3-96, dated 8 October 2015.