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  Table 5-4. Elements of decisive action (continued)
  Stability
  Operation: Considerations:
  • Establish civil security. • Assessment of the operational environment includes a
  • Establish civil control. greater focus on political and cultural considerations.
  • Restore essential services. • Engineer planning tends to focus on construction support,
  including engineer forces working among and in
  • Support to governance.
  conjunction with civilians.
  • Support to economic and • Engineer units are likely distributed among echelons of
  infrastructure development.
  command. Engineer units tend to have support
  • Conduct security relationships with the maneuver commander; however,
  cooperation. there are instances for which responsiveness and proximity
  to a higher engineer command will dictate a command and
  support relationship.
  Defense Support of Civil Authorities
  Operation: Considerations:
  • Provide support for • Engineer planners consider statutes and regulations that
  domestic disasters. restrict the Army’s interaction with other government
  • Provide support for agencies and civilians during defense support of civil
  authorities.
  domestic chemical,
  biological, radiological, and • Engineer planning tends to focus on construction support,
  nuclear incidents. including engineer forces working among and in support of
  • Provide support for civilian agencies.
  domestic civil law • Engineer units are likely distributed among echelons of
  enforcement. command. Engineer units tend to have support
  • Provide other designated relationships with the maneuver commander; however,
  there are instances for which responsiveness and proximity
  support.
  to a higher engineer command will dictate a command and
  support relationship.
  PLANNING INTEGRATION ACROSS THE WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS
  The CCDR plans joint operations based on an analysis of national strategic objectives and the
  development of theater-strategic objectives supported by measurable strategic and operational desired effects.
  At the operational level, a subordinate JFC develops supporting plans, which can include objectives
  supported by measurable operation-level effects. Joint interdependence requires that the theater army
  headquarters understand doctrine that addresses joint planning techniques. For the theater echelon engineer,
  operational planning merges the engineer plan of the joint force, specific engineer missions assigned, and
  available engineer forces to support the Army design methodology of the theater army commander.
  Informed by their analysis of the OE, operational-level engineer planners assist in defining an AO,
  estimating forces required, and evaluating requirements for the operation. They use the commander’s intent
  to develop and refine COAs that contribute to setting the conditions in the AO that support the end state.
  They maintain a broad focus and seek to exploit the extended planning horizon. As units are identified to
  participate in the operation, they collaborate as fully as possible to gain depth for their view of the OE and to
  add to their planning and problem solving capability. This collaboration also extends the subordinate
  engineer’s planning, preparation, and execution horizon.
  The MDMP serves as the primary tool for Army operational planning. Along with their staff
  counterparts, operational echelon engineer planners participate in the process to translate the commander’s
  visualization into a specific COA for preparation and execution. The theater army engineers collaborate
  closely throughout the MDMP with their counterparts in the GCC joint engineer staff to develop a shared
  understanding of the mission. Theater-level engineers use the Joint Operations Planning Process instead of
  the Army MDMP. As the plan develops, engineer planners remain synchronized with their theater army staff
  counterparts through the warfighting functions, as shown in table 5-5.