text: Integration through the Operations Process
  OPORD. The CEWO is also responsible for making updates, changes, and modifications to Annex C, Appendix
  12 and assisting in updating Annex H, Appendixes 1 and 6 as appropriate, for fragmentary order(s)
  (FRAGORDs) (See Appendix A for Army design methodology, military decision-making process , and CEMA
  products for orders).
  PREPARATION
  4-10. Preparation consists of those activities performed by units and Soldiers to improve their ability to
  execute an operation (ADP 5.0). Preparation activities include initiating information collection, DODIN
  operations preparation, rehearsals, training, and inspections. Preparation requires the commander, staff, unit,
  and Soldiers’ active engagement to ensure the force is ready to execute operations.
  4-11. Preparation activities typically begin during planning and continue into execution. At corps and below,
  subordinate units’ that are task-organized to employ cyberspace operations and EW capabilities (identified in
  the OPLAN or OPORD) conduct preparation activities to improve the force’s opportunity for success during
  operations. Commanders drive preparation activities through leading and assessing. Using the following
  preparation functions, commanders and staff can—
  * Improve situational understanding. Commanders, staff, and subordinate units continue to refine
  knowledge of cyberspace and the EMOE within the assigned AO, including the improved insight
  on how the use of cyberspace and the EMS could affect operations across multiple domains.
  * Develop a shared understanding of the plan. Commanders, staff, and tasked subordinate units
  develop a shared understanding of the plan (described in the OPLAN or OPORD) by conducting
  home-station training and combat training center(s). These training events provide the perfect
  opportunity for subordinate commanders, leaders, and Soldiers to execute the developed plan in a
  controlled environment and to identify issues in the developing plan that require modification.
  * Train and become proficient in critical tasks. Through rehearsals and training, subordinate units
  gain and refine skills in those individual and collective tasks essential to the success of cyberspace
  operations and EW. Commanders also allocate training time for anticipated and unanticipated
  events and circumstances.
  * Integrate the force. Commanders allocate preparation time to put the new task-organized force
  into effect. Integrating the force includes detaching units, moving cyberspace and EW assets, and
  receiving and integrating new units and Soldiers into the force. Task-organized forces require
  preparation time to learn the gaining unit’s policies and standards and to understand their role in
  the overall plan. The gaining unit requires time to assess the task-organized forces’ cyberspace
  and EW capabilities and limitations and integrate new capabilities.
  * Ensure the positioning of forces and resources. Positioning and task organization occur
  concurrently. Commanders ensure cyberspace and EA assets consist of the right personnel and
  equipment using pre-operations checks while ensuring those assets are in the right place at the
  right time.
  EXECUTION
  4-12. Execution is the act of putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission
  (ADP 5-0). The commander, staff, and subordinate commander’s focus on translating decisions made during
  planning and preparing into actions. Commanders conduct OCO and EA to project combat power throughout
  cyberspace and the EMS, conduct DCO and EP to protect friendly forces and systems, and conduct
  reconnaissance through cyberspace and the EMS to gather combat information for continuing situational
  awareness.
  4-13. Commanders should understand that detailed planning provides a reasonable forecast of execution but
  must also be aware that situations may change rapidly in cyberspace and the EMOE. During execution,
  commanders take concerted action to seize, retain, and exploit operational initiative while accepting risk.
  4-14. Operational initiative is the setting or tempo and terms of action throughout an operation (ADP 3-0).
  By presenting the enemy with multiple cross-domain dilemmas, including cyberspace and the EMS,
  commanders force the enemy to react continuously, driving the enemy into positions of disadvantage.