text: Chapter 2
  Context for Religious Support
  ARMY OPERATIONAL DOCTRINE AND RELIGIOUS SUPPORT
  2-1. The foundation for Army operations and its contribution to unified action is unified land operations.
  Unified land operations are offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities tasks to
  seize, retain, and exploit the initiative to shape the operational environment, prevent conflict, consolidate
  gains, and win our Nation’s wars as part of unified action (ADRP 3-0). Unified land operations achieve
  operational and strategic success through integration of six principles; mission command, develop the
  situation through action, combined arms, adherence to the law of war, establish and maintain security, and
  create multiple dilemmas for the enemy. The tenets of unified land operations are simultaneity, depth,
  synchronization, and flexibility. The Army subsequently conducts operations as part of the joint force in four
  broad categories; operations to shape, operations to deter, large-scale combat operations, and operations to
  consolidate gains. The complexity of operations and an OE requires aggressive, adaptive, flexible, and
  responsive RS by chaplain sections and UMTs at all echelons of command.
  2-2. All domains are contested which makes all operations multi-domain operations. To achieve success,
  commanders at all echelons combine different operations simultaneously and sequentially to accomplish the
  mission. For each mission, they determine the emphasis Army forces place on each offensive, defensive, and
  stability or defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) tasks. Each operation is mutually related and can be
  interdependent. Often units conduct more than one type of operation simultaneously in an OE. Commanders
  weigh the importance of the mission and assign a priority of effort. The staff then allocates resources to
  support the commander’s intent. This process includes the planning of RS as a function of sustainment.
  Chaplain sections and UMTs determine RS priority of effort to synchronize with the unit’s main effort and
  preparation for branches and or sequels. As part of this planning process, the chaplain sections and UMTs
  plan reprioritization of RS and RS assets based on operational changes in their AO. Chaplain sections and
  UMTs pay particular attention to the possibility of simultaneous actions across two or more areas of
  operations and the amount of resources, personal energy, and situational awareness essential to success.
  2-3. To meet existing and emerging challenges, the Army trains to confront multiple threats. Threats are a
  fundamental part of an OE. A threat is any combination of actors, entities, or forces that have the capability
  and intent to harm U.S. forces. Threats may include individuals, groups of individuals (organized or not
  organized), paramilitary or military forces, nation-states, or national alliances. Into this foray the Army now
  faces renewed concerns regarding peer threats. A peer threat possesses capabilities and capacity to oppose
  U.S. forces across multiple domains world-wide or in a specific region where they enjoy a position of relative
  advantage. Peer adversaries increase the challenges and potentiality of casualties to levels not experienced
  since the Second World War. This is further exacerbated due to proliferation of technologies including
  unmanned aerial systems, inexpensive anti-tank guided missiles, precision fires, and advanced rocket
  propelled grenades. This enables adversaries the ability to practice antiaccess and area denial operations
  rendering lines of communication (physical and cyberspace) inoperable.
  2-4. The mission of providing RS remains the same no matter the threat; the task and standard remain the
  same. Chaplain sections and UMTs aggressively, intentionally, creatively, and flexibly plan for RS tasks
  across the ROMO. Chaplains and religious affairs specialists adapt RS tasks based on the operational
  conditions and the mission of the specific unit they serve. This requires maintaining an expeditionary mindset
  focused upon delivery of RS under austere and isolated conditions with limited mobility and communication.
  2-5. Conflict in populated areas fundamentally alters the manner in which unified action partners can apply
  force to achieve success in a conflict. Enemies increasingly seek populations as a refuge within which to hide
  while engaging U.S. forces. War remains a battle of wills—a contest for dominance over people. Future
  conflicts will require U.S. security dominance to extend across the population by means of operations to