text: Appendix C
  C-14. CA forces combat terrorism efforts indirectly through activities to defeat the ideologies or motivations
  that spawn terrorism. Counterterrorism is usually attributed to direct action specifically against terrorists or
  violent extremist organizations. CAO planning support to counterterrorism action may include—
  * Identifying TSOC objectives and developing nonlethal activities that support them.
  * Identifying CCDR objectives and developing nonlethal activities that support them.
  * Identifying the ambassador or country team objectives and developing nonlethal activities that
  support them.
  * Gaining civil information through CR, CE, and CND to develop the civil component of the
  common operational picture of the supported commander.
  * Providing civil component analysis toward the identification of—
  Centers of gravity.
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  Decisive points.
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  Critical links and nodes.
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  * Denying the enemy civil component resources.
  * Recommending post-strike employment options for CA capabilities.
  * Participating in the targeting process to minimize unnecessary damage to the civil infrastructure
  and culturally sensitive sites.
  * Providing civil component analysis to planning processes to protect—
  The populace.
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  Critical assets.
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  Infrastructure.
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  * Advising on the presence of culturally, economically, and politically significant assets and
  resources within the objective area.
  Note: JP 3-26 and ADP 3-05 provide more information on counterterrorism.
  COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
  C-15. SOF support USG efforts to curtail the development, possession, proliferation, use, and effects of
  weapons of mass destruction, related expertise, materials, technologies, and means of delivery by state and
  non-state actors. USSOCOM supports CCDRs through technical expertise, materiel, and special teams to
  complement other combatant command teams that locate, tag, and track weapons of mass destruction.
  C-16. The CA contribution to countering weapons of mass destruction is CAO. CAO support the USG
  strategic approach and lines of effort to prevent acquisition, contain or reduce threats, and provide
  information to understand weapons of mass destruction pathways. CAO also support the USG by identifying
  partner nation capabilities to respond to weapons of mass destruction events. These efforts—
  * Promote weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threat
  awareness.
  * Improve military interoperability.
  * Enhance military and civilian preparedness and deterrence.
  * In some cases facilitate security of dual-use and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
  materials.
  Note: JP 3-40, JP 3-05, and ADP 3-05 provide additional information on countering weapons of
  mass destruction.
  CIVIL-MILITARY ENGAGEMENT
  C-17. CME is USSOCOM’s contribution, and part of the DOD’s strategy, to building partner nation capacity
  in a preventive, population-centric, and indirect approach to enhance the capability, capacity, and legitimacy
  of partnered indigenous governments. CME is persistent engagement conducted by, with, and through unified