text: Strategic Context
  Army Campaign Support Plan
  1-62. The Army campaign support plan and its supporting theater army security cooperation plans identify
  the combatant command objectives and the supporting Army lines of effort, tasks, subtasks, activities, and
  resources required to support those objectives over a 5-year time horizon and synchronized with the program
  objective memorandum. Country support plans reflect a situational understanding of the whole-of-
  government effort in a partner country, incorporate Service-specific equities, and are developed in
  coordination with the country team’s integrated country strategy and informed by DOS and DOD regional
  goals and overall U.S. policy.
  DOS PLANNING DOCUMENTS
  1-63. Strategic planning is carried out by the DOS at the departmental, bureau, and country levels. These
  plans are used to establish budgets for all department activities, including foreign assistance. The most
  influential DOS planning documents that support SC are the joint strategic plan, joint regional strategy, and
  the integrated country strategy.
  Joint Strategic Plan
  1-64. DOS in conjunction with the USAID develop the Joint Strategic Plan, using higher level guidance
  (such as the NSS), that outlines the goals, objectives, and performance requirements for both agencies in
  support of Administration priorities. The Joint Strategic Plan sets forth the vision and direction for both the
  DOS and USAID and presents how they will implement U.S. foreign policy and development assistance.
  Joint Regional Strategy
  1-65. The joint regional strategy is designed to articulate priorities within a region or sector and lay out
  specific tradeoffs necessary to bring resources in alignment with the highest potential for impact. The joint
  regional strategy is also used to inform and advise integrated country strategies and shape performance
  reviews. For the joint regional strategy, the DOS partners with USAID to develop a joint strategy that
  articulates shared DOS-USAID priorities to guide missions as they prioritize engagement and resources and
  respond to unanticipated events.
  Integrated Country Strategy
  1-66. . The Joint Strategic Plan informs the development of an embassy’s integrated country strategy. The
  Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) is an embassy product that reflects the ambassador’s plan. It describes the
  whole-of-government approach and establishes a common set of mission goals and objectives to promote
  U.S. priorities within a host country.
  STRATEGIC GUIDANCE DRIVES ARMY CAMPAIGN SUPPORT PLANNING
  1-67. Figure 1-2 depicts how national strategic guidance, along with other DOS, DOD, and other supporting
  agency guidance, informs and influences the Army campaign support plan. Army SC activities should
  support theater, functional command, Army institutional or national objectives as stated in organizational
  plans and U.S. law. Theater objectives are stated in the combatant command theater, regional, and country
  planning documents.
  ASCC SC Planning Considerations
  1-68. ASCC security cooperation country support planners attempt to understand each assigned combatant
  command objective as it relates to authoritative sources such as multinational standardization agreements,
  partner country doctrine, or U.S. Army doctrine, depending on the agreed standard for achieving the intended
  effect or capability. Against these requirements, ASCC security cooperation planners assess partner country
  DOTMLPF-P related to the objective through home station research and in-country visits. U.S. Embassy
  cables, civil affairs assessments, and intelligence community reports can be valuable resources to support
  this assessment. Finally, mission analysis considers applicable U.S. policy; available SC resources; time
  considerations; religious, cultural, regional political-military environment; and the SC efforts of other