text: Chapter 2
  Deep,Close,Rear,Support,and Consolidation Areas
  2-109. Commanders can designate deep, close, rear, support, and consolidation areas to describe the
  physical arrangement of forces in time, space, and focus. (See figure 2-3.) The BCT may have established
  areas or may be operating ina higher headquarters designatedarea. A description of each area follows—
  Figure 2-3. Deep, close, rear, support, and consolidation areas
  Deep Area
  2-110. Adeep areaiswherethe commandersets conditions for future success in close combat (ADP 3-0).
  Operations in the deep area involve efforts to prevent uncommitted enemy forces from being committed in a
  coherent manner. The commander’s deep area generally extends beyond subordinate unit boundaries out to
  the limits of the commander’s designated area of operations. The purpose of operations in the deep area is
  frequently tied to other events distant in time,space,or both time and space. BCT operations in the deep area
  might disrupt command and control systems, sustainment, and follow-on forces. While division and corps
  capabilities allow for operations in the deep area to disrupt the operational movement of reserves; cannon,
  rocket,or missile;and follow-on forces. In an operational environment where the enemy recruits insurgents
  from a population, deep operations might focus on interfering with the recruiting process, disrupting the
  training of recruits,or eliminating the underlying factors that enable the enemy to recruit.
  Close Area
  2-111. Theclose areais the portion of a commander’s area of operations where the majority ofsubordinate
  maneuver forces conduct close combat (ADP 3-0). Operations in the close area are operations within a
  subordinate commander’s area of operations. The BCT commander plans to conduct decisive operations
  using maneuver in the close area,and positions most of the maneuver force within it. Within the close area,
  one unit may conduct the decisive operation while others conduct shaping operations. A close operation
  requires speedand mobility to rapidly concentrate overwhelming combat power at the critical time and place
  and to exploit success.
  Rear Area
  2-112. The rear area is that area within a unit’s area of operations extending forward from its rear boundary
  to the rear boundary of the area assigned to the next lower level of command. It is an area where most forces
  and assets locate that support and sustain forces in the close area. Rear operations include—