text: Appendix A
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  AMD air missle defense
  BSA brigade support area
  CBRN chemical, biological, radilogical, and nuclear
  CIV civilian
  CSC convoy support center
  DET detention
  DSA division support area
  EOD explosive ordnance disposal
  EW electronic warfare
  FHP force health protection
  OPSEC operations security
  PL phase line
  PRC populace and resources control
  SUST sustainment
  TCP traffic control post
  Figure A-1. Protection in support of large-scale combat operations (continued)
  A-13. As ARFOR transition from large-scale combat to the consolidation of gains, the focus transitions to
  area security and stability tasks. Army operations to consolidate gains correspond with stabilize and enable
  civil authority phases of a joint operation. Commanders continuously consider the synchronization,
  integration, and organization of protection capabilities necessary to consolidate gains and achieve the desired
  end state. Consolidate gains activities include the relocation of displaced civilians, detainee operations, the
  reestablishment of law and order, providing humanitarian assistance, and the restoration and protection of
  critical infrastructure
  ASSESSMENTS
  A-14. Initial protection planning requires various assessments to establish protection priorities. Assessments
  include threats, hazards, vulnerability, and criticality. These assessments are used to determine which assets
  can be protected given no constraints, and which assets can be protected with available resources. There are
  seldom sufficient resources to simultaneously provide all assets the same level of protection. For this reason,
  the support area commander makes decisions on acceptable risks and provides guidance to the staff so that
  they can employ protection capabilities based on the protection priorities.
  A-15. Protection planning is a continuous process that must include an understanding of the threats and
  hazards that may impact operations from the deep area back to the strategic support area. Protection
  capabilities are aligned to protect critical assets and mitigate effects from threats and hazards. The protection
  cell and protection working group must prioritize the protection of critical assets during operations to shape,
  operations to prevent, large-scale combat, and during the consolidation of gains that best supports the
  commander’s end state.
  A-16. An important aspect of protection planning involves the support area. If conditions in the support area
  degrade, it is detrimental to the success of operations. A degraded support area also inhibits the ability to
  shape the deep area for the BCTs involved in close operations. Therefore, the protection of support areas
  requires planning considerations equal to those in the close areas.
  THREAT AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT
  A-17. Personnel from all staff sections and warfighting functions help conduct threat and hazard analysis.
  This analysis comprises a thorough, in-depth compilation and examination of information and intelligence
  that address potential threats and hazards in the AO. The integrating processes (IPB, targeting, and risk
  management) provide an avenue to obtain the threats and hazards that are reviewed and refined. Threat and
  hazard assessments are continuously reviewed and updated as the operational environment changes.
  A-18. Considerations for the threat and hazard assessment include—
  * Enemy and adversary threats.
   Operational capabilities.
   Intentions.
   Activities.