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  the operation. The G-9 or S-9 is the primary staff entity for contact with the interagency and other entities
  within the civil component for civil-military matters.
  4-64. Interagency partners may require the establishment of coordination mechanisms. These coordination
  mechanisms must be addressed in Annex V. They may include exchanges of liaison officers. They may also
  include the establishment of a CMOC, humanitarian assistance coordination center, humanitarian operations
  center, joint interagency task force, joint interagency coordination group, or other interagency coordination
  entities.
  Note: The format for Annex V is found in FM 6-0. JP 3-08 provides additional information on
  interagency coordination.
  CIVIL AFFAIRS ROLE IN MISSION COMMAND
  4-65. Mission command is the Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordinate
  decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation. Mission command supports the
  Army’s operational concept of unified land operations and its emphasis on seizing, retaining, and exploiting
  the initiative. Mission command is a principle of unified land operations that enables commanders to blend
  the art of command and the science of control while integrating, coordinating, and synchronizing the
  warfighting functions during operations.
  4-66. Commanders understand that they do not operate independently, but as part of a larger force united by
  a common operational purpose. They integrate, coordinate, and synchronize their actions with the rest of the
  force to achieve the overall objective of the operation. CA forces enable the commander to extend mission
  command influence beyond military forces and into the civil networks, organizations, and institutions that
  the commander does not have command and control over. These civil networks are built and integrated into
  operations through CNDE, and partnerships are managed through CMI. Integration, coordination, and
  synchronization between military forces and civilian elements is crucial to mission success and achieving
  unity of effort.
  4-67. Commanders create and sustain situational understanding through collaborative dialogue within their
  organization (and with unified action partners) to facilitate unity of effort. Commanders provide a clear intent
  and use mission orders to assign tasks, allocate resources, and issue broad guidance. CAO staff develop and
  identify civil information collection requirements through CNDE, CKI, and CMI. The collected civil data
  and information is analyzed and evaluated to produce actionable civil knowledge. In CKI this civil knowledge
  is integrated into Army operations systems and updates running estimates enabling the commander to
  visualize the civil component, and increasing the commander’s situational understanding of the OE.
  CIVIL AFFAIRS ROLE IN THE WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS
  4-68. CA has several roles in the warfighting functions, which are displayed in figure 4-3, page 4-18, and
  detailed in the following paragraphs.