text: Operations During Armed Conflict
  terrain for use by other Services is important, even when it initially reduces combat power available for other
  purposes. Enabling other Services helps ensure the flow of Army forces into theater.
  6-73. During armed conflict, joint operations to enforce sanctions or conduct blockades may require Army
  forces to control critical maritime choke points from land. Army capabilities, such as unmanned aircraft
  systems (UASs), long-range precision fires, AMD, attack aviation, electromagnetic warfare, inform and
  influence activities, security force assistance, and area security provide the joint force with options. (See
  JP 3-32 for more information on sea control.)
  6-74. During offensive operations, commanders economize security of rear areas and protection of lines of
  communications to weight the main effort. To mitigate risk, commanders cooperate within the joint force
  and with multinational and other unified action partners for support. Allies and partners, in particular, can
  provide security capacity, situational awareness, and expertise in interacting with local populations, relieving
  Army forces of area security operations better suited to host-nation forces.
  DEFEAT COMPONENTS OF ENEMY ANTIACCESS AND AREA DENIAL
  6-75. Enemy A2 and AD approaches deny friendly force protection and freedom of action. Enemies pursue
  A2 and AD approaches with lethal means that significantly increase the risk to forward-stationed forces and
  the ability to deploy and stage additional forces into tactical assembly areas. Understanding the structure and
  function of the enemy’s integrated fires command helps friendly forces disintegrate the cohesion of enemy
  A2 and AD approaches and create exploitable opportunities for the joint force to conduct offensive
  operations.
  Enemy Integrated Fires Command
  6-76. An integrated fires command is a dedicated combination of C2 structures and organic and attached
  joint fire support units. The integrated fires command exercises centralized C2 of all allocated, dedicated fire
  support assets retained by its level of command. This can include aviation, artillery, naval gunfire, and
  surface-to-surface missile units from different commands and services. It also exercises C2 over all
  reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition assets dedicated to its support. An integrated
  fires command is tasked to engage designated operational and strategic targets. Integrated fires commands
  are typically associated with campaign-level headquarters. However, there are circumstances where an
  integrated fires command may be formed at the theater level. For example, the theater could have two separate
  campaigns, requiring a centralization of critical fire support assets at theater level to achieve the strategic or
  theater campaign objectives. Enemy forces integrate air and missile defense capabilities with the integrated
  fires command in different ways depending on their capabilities and the situation. Figure 6-3 on page 6-16
  illustrates a notional theater-level integrated fires command.