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  stability across the area of responsibility (FM 3-0). Army operations to shape take place continuously before,
  during, and after a joint operation within a specific operational area.
  1-129. Signal forces may contribute to shaping by conducting security cooperation activities to help build
  partner nation capacity, capabilities, and interoperability. Forward deployed strategic signal units provide
  peacetime and contingency access to the DODIN-A in theater. See chapter 3 for more information about
  signal support to operations to shape.
  PREVENT CONFLICT
  1-130. Army operations to prevent include all activities to deter an adversary’s undesirable actions. These
  operations are an extension of operations to shape designed to prevent adversary opportunities to further
  exploit positions of relative advantage by raising the potential costs to adversaries of continuing activities
  that threaten U.S. interests. Prevent activities are generally weighted toward actions to protect friendly forces,
  assets, and partners, and to indicate U.S. intent to execute subsequent phases of a planned operation (FM
  3-0).
  1-131. Signal activities during operations to prevent include—predeployment activities, initial entry, and
  development of theater infrastructure. Theater army planners develop contingency communications plans to
  support the geographic combatant commander’s concept of operations. See chapter 3 for more information
  about signal support to operations to prevent.
  CONDUCT LARGE-SCALE GROUND COMBAT
  1-132. During large-scale combat operations, Army forces focus on the defeat and destruction of enemy
  ground forces as part of the joint team. Army forces close with and destroy enemy forces in any terrain,
  exploit success, and break their opponent’s will to resist. Army forces attack, defend, conduct stability
  tasks, and consolidate gains to attain national objectives (FM 3-0)
  1-133. During large-scale ground combat, organic signal elements at corps and below support command
  post operations for planning and support. Maneuver elements rely mainly on single-channel radios and
  friendly force tracking capabilities. See chapter 4 for more information about signal support to large-scale
  combat operations.
  CONSOLIDATE GAINS
  1-134. Consolidation of gains is an integral and continuous part of armed conflict, and it is necessary for
  achieving success across the range of military operations (FM 3-0). Consolidation of gains is deliberate and
  takes place during all phases of an operation. Consolidation of gains becomes the primary focus of Army
  forces at the conclusion of large-scale combat operations. Signal activities to consolidate gains may include
  transitioning to commercial communications infrastructure. See chapter 5 for more information about signal
  support to the consolidation of gains.
  THE ARMY OPERATIONAL CONCEPT
  1-135. Army forces contribute to the joint mission through the conduct of unified land operations as part of
  a joint and multinational force. Unified land operations is the simultaneous execution of offense, defense,
  stability, and defense support of civil authorities across multiple domains to shape operational environments,
  prevent conflict, prevail in large-scale ground combat, and consolidate gains as part of unified action (ADP
  3-0).
  1-136. Commanders conducting network-enabled operations need secure communications and automated
  information systems that operate reliably and adapt to changing requirements, transparent to users. These
  systems support U.S. and multinational forces at every level of command. The DOD network that supports
  network-enabled operations is the DODIN. The Department of Defense information network is the set of
  information capabilities, and associated processes for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and
  managing information on-demand to warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel, whether
  interconnected or stand-alone, including owned and leased communications and computing systems and