text: Chapter 2
  TENETS OF OPERATIONS
  2-86. The tenets of operations are desirable attributes that should be built into all plans and operations; they
  are directly related to how the Army’s operational concept should be employed. Commanders use the tenets
  of operations to inform and assess COAs throughout the operations process. The extent to which an operation
  exhibits the tenets provides insight into the probability of success. The tenets of operations are agility,
  convergence, endurance, and depth.
  2-87. The Army provides forces capable of transitioning to combat operations, fighting for information,
  producing intelligence, adapting to unforeseen circumstances, and defeating enemy forces (agility). Army
  forces employ capabilities from multiple domains in a combined arms approach that creates complementary
  and reinforcing effects through multiple domains, while preserving combat power to maintain options for the
  JFC (convergence). Creating and exploiting relative advantages require Army forces to operate with
  endurance and in depth. Endurance enables the ability to absorb the enemy’s attacks and press the fight over
  the time and space necessary to accomplish the mission. Depth applies combat power throughout the OE,
  securing successive operational objectives and consolidating gains for the joint force. Table 2-10 lists several
  intelligence considerations for the tenets of operations.
  Table 2-10. Intelligence considerations for the tenets of operations
  Tenet of operations Intelligence considerations (not all-inclusive)
  • Intelligence preparation of the operational environment:
  Agility is the ability to move forces and adjust their ▪Terrain and weather analysis.
  dispositions and activities more rapidly than the enemy ▪Careful consideration of threat capabilities in conjunction with threat
  (FM 3-0). Agility requires sound judgment and rapid characteristics and threat models.
  decision making, often gained by creating and exploiting ▪Situation templates.
  information advantages. Agility requires leaders to ▪Event templates and associated event matrices.
  anticipate needs or opportunities and trained formations • Collection management.
  to change direction, tasks, or focus as quickly as the • Support to rapid decision making and risk management.
  situation requires. Change can include a transition
  • Input to decision support templates and to branches and sequels.
  between phases of an operation or the requirement to
  • Support to information advantage activities.
  adapt to a new opportunity or hazard.
  • Support to identifying windows of opportunity and relative advantages.
  • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.
  • Intelligence preparation of the operational environment:
  ▪Significant civil considerations.
  Convergence is an outcome created by the concerted ▪Detailed situation templates. For example, templating threat logistics and lines
  employment of capabilities from multiple domains and of communications.
  echelons against combinations of decisive points in any ▪Event templates and associated event matrices.
  domain to create effects against a system, formation, ▪High-value targets.
  decision maker, or in a specific geographic area (FM 3-0).
  • Understanding the domains and dimensions through pre-mission analysis of the
  Its utility derives from understanding the interdependent
  operational environment.
  relationships among capabilities from different domains
  • Collection management and effectively using intelligence handover lines.
  and combining those capabilities in surprising, effective
  • Input to decision support templates.
  tactics that accrue advantages over time. When
  • Support to functional analysis and center of gravity analysis.
  combined, the complementary and reinforcing nature of
  each friendly capability present multiple dilemmas for • Support to information advantage activities.
  enemy forces and produce an overall effect that is greater • Support to identifying windows of opportunity and relative advantages.
  than the sum of each individual effect. The greater the • Support to targeting:
  extent to which forces achieve convergence and sustain it ▪Analyzing threat systems and conducting target value analysis.
  over time, the more favorable the outcome. ▪Developing target intelligence folders.
  ▪Conducting subsequent target development.
  • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.
  Endurance is the ability to persevere over time • Intelligence preparation of the operational environment: Careful consideration
  throughout the depth of an operational environment and templating (situation and event templates) of threat activities in the rear area
  (FM 3-0). Endurance enhances the ability to project (friendly operational framework).
  combat power and extends operational reach; it is about • Collection management.
  resilience and preserving combat power while continuing • Counterintelligence primary mission areas (not the same as force protection;
  operations for as long as is necessary to achieve the see paragraphs 1-66 through 1-68).
  desired outcome. During competition, Army forces • Input to protection activities.
  improve endurance by setting the theater across all • Input to security operations.
  warfighting functions and improving interoperability with • Input to decision support templates.
  allies and other unified action partners. Endurance stems • Support to targeting.
  from organizing, protecting, and sustaining a force. • Continuous updates to the CIP and intelligence portion of the COP.