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  Figure 6-7. Encirclement example
  STABILITY OPERATIONS AND REAR AREA FIRE SUPPORT
  6-155. Large-scale combat operations involve the combination of offense, defense, and stability operations.
  A stability operation is an operation conducted outside the United States in coordination with other
  instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential
  governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief (ADP 3-0). The
  priorities and effort given to stability operations vary within subordinate unit AO. Corps and division
  commanders analyze the situations they face to determine the minimum-essential stability operations and the
  priority associated with each operation. This analysis includes a planned transition to consolidation of gains
  in OAs once large-scale combat operations culminate.
  6-156. Consolidate gains are activities to make enduring any temporary operational success and to set the
  conditions for a sustainable security environment, allowing for a transition of control to other legitimate
  authorities (ADP 3-0). 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. Operations to consolidate gains will
  be conducted simultaneously with all other strategic roles, to include large-scale combat operations. Army
  forces deliberately plan to consolidate gains during all phases of an operation. While Army forces consolidate
  gains throughout an operation, consolidating gains becomes the focus of Army forces after large-scale combat
  operations have concluded. Operations to consolidate gains require combined arms capabilities and the ability
  to employ fires and manage airspace, but at a smaller scale than large-scale combat operations.
  6-157. The four FS functions, planning principles, and principles of FS execution during stability operations
  are the same as during offensive and defensive operations. The actions of FS personnel are framed by the
  disciplined application of force while adhering to the ROE. Considerations for FS during stability operations
  include: