text: Army Operations Overview
  (cid:122) Intelligence.
  (cid:122) Fires.
  (cid:122) Sustainment.
  (cid:122) Protection.
  2-52. The purpose of warfighting functions is to provide an intellectual organization for common critical
  capabilities available to commanders and staffs at all echelons and levels of war. Warfighting functions are
  not confined to single domain, and they typically include capabilities from multiple domains. Warfighting
  functions are not branch specific. Although some branches, staff sections, and types of units have a role or
  purpose that mainly aligns with a warfighting function, each warfighting function is relevant to all types of
  units. (See FM 3-0 for more information on the warfighting functions.)
  2-53. Synchronizing the warfighting functions generates combat power. Combat poweris the total means of
  destructive and disruptive force that a military unit/formation can apply against an enemy at a given time (JP
  3-0). It is the ability to fight. The complementary and reinforcing effects that result from synchronized
  operations yield a powerful blow that overwhelms enemy forces and creates friendly momentum. Army
  forces deliver that blow through a combination of five dynamics. The dynamics of combat power are—
  (cid:122) Leadership.
  (cid:122) Firepower.
  (cid:122) Information.
  (cid:122) Mobility.
  (cid:122) Survivability.
  (See figure 2-4 for a depiction of the dynamics of combat power.)
  Figure 2-4. The dynamics of combat power
  2-54. Legal support is generally part of the sustainment function, however, the advice given by JALs
  personnel to commanders also supports the generation of leadership and information dynamics of combat
  power. Sound legal advice is essential to decision-making. Army forces who are trained and educated in the