text: Chapter 2
  2-34. Table 2-2 lists several operational aspects and intelligence, threat, and other OE considerations
  associated with the land domain.
  Table 2-2. Land domain operational aspects and intelligence and other considerations
  Land domain
  The land domain is the area of the Earth’s surface ending at the high water mark and overlapping with the maritime domain in the
  landward segment of the littorals (JP 3-31). Variations in climate and terrain and the diversity of populations have a far greater impact
  on operations in the land domain than in any other domain. The land domain’s most distinguishing characteristic is the human
  dimension. Terrain also significantly impacts the nature of land combat. Land-based domain capabilities can use or alter terrain and
  operate in most weather conditions and among populations.
  Threat and other operational
  Operational aspects Army intelligence considerations
  environment considerations
  • Army intelligence must—
  ▪Understand and visualize the
  interdependencies of the land Threat capability examples:
  domain on the other domains and • Morale, doctrine, and effectiveness.
  characterize the threat’s capabilities • Leaders and their biographic
  • Possibility of high lethality, operating and vulnerabilities in each domain information.
  in complex terrain, and a CBRNE- relative to operations. • C2.
  degraded environment. ▪Leverage the intelligence • Long-range fires.
  • Significantly impacted by long-range architecture, including intelligence • Medium- and short-range fires.
  precision fires. from the intelligence community to • CBRNE.
  get a different perspective and
  • Battles and engagements depend on • Information warfare, including EW and
  greater insight.
  Army forces closing with enemy forces cyberspace.
  and prevailing in close combat. ▪Collaborate, participate in • Integrated air defense systems and
  exercises, and build intelligence
  • Land capabilities extend operational other A2 and AD capabilities.
  relationships with the other
  reach and provide options for enabling • Tank and armored.
  Services, CCMDs, and unified
  joint operations. • Infantry and small arms.
  action partners.
  • Joint interdependence: • Engineering.
  • Support other Services, CCMDs, and
  ▪Operational mobility. • Military police.
  unified action partners—
  ▪Joint fires. • Logistics and maintenance.
  ▪In understanding the land domain.
  ▪Other key enabling capabilities. Other operational environment
  ▪As tasked, by providing significant
  • Army support to other Services, examples:
  capabilities across all-source
  CCMDs, and unified action partners: • Government officials with biographies.
  intelligence, the intelligence
  ▪Ground-based indirect fires. • NGOs, PVOs.
  disciplines, and the complementary
  ▪Air and missile defense. • Political with biographies.
  capabilities.
  ▪EW. • Economic, commercial, and industrial
  • Provide Army forces—
  ▪Cyberspace operations. studies.
  ▪An extensive all-source intelligence
  ▪Communications. • Communications infrastructure.
  foundation at and across echelons.
  ▪Intelligence. ▪Significant capabilities across the • Energy infrastructure.
  ▪Rotary-wing aircraft. intelligence disciplines and • City infrastructures.
  ▪Logistics. complementary capabilities. • Terrain.
  ▪Engineering. ▪Effective and flexible intelligence • Weather trends, forecasts, and
  ▪Security operations. support. effects.
  • The human and information • Weather effects on terrain.
  dimensions make the land domain the • History.
  most complicated domain and the most • Culture and customs.
  challenging for the intelligence
  warfighting function.
  A2 antiaccess EW electromagnetic warfare
  AD area denial JP joint publication
  C2 command and control NGO nongovernmental organization
  CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives PVO private voluntary organization
  CCMD combatant command