text: Division Roles, Functions, and Organizations
  * Offsets limitations and maximizes the potential of all available forces.
  * Exploits enemy vulnerabilities.
  DIVISION OPERATIONS ALONG THE COMPETITION CONTINUUM
  5-79. No matter what role a division serves in, a division is capable of executing operations across the
  competition continuum and throughout the range of military operations. These categories describe operations
  that share general characteristics of military operations and activities but not necessarily the details of their
  execution. Divisions can simultaneously command and control and support several subordinate efforts across
  the competition continuum and throughout the range of military operations that are focused in one theater.
  MILITARY ENGAGEMENT AND SECURITY COOPERATION
  5-80. Divisions provide trained and ready forces and echelons of command and control in support of exercise
  or training events with the intent to shape the security environment, improve mutual understanding, and
  improve interoperability with treaty partners or potential coalition partners. Due to the limited scale and short
  duration of violence, a division usually serves as a tactical headquarters, joint force or multinational force
  land component command, and if required, as a JTF headquarters or ARFOR. While most U.S. military
  engagement and security cooperation typically takes place in the echelons below brigade, there are multiple
  exercises where a division is used to assist in command and control or sustainment activities. These exercises
  support military engagement and security cooperation efforts in critical theaters.
  SPARTAN SHIELD: Military Engagement and Security
  Cooperation
  Operation SPARTAN SHIELD is a combined forces security cooperation and
  contingency operation based in Kuwait. SPARTAN SHIELD has been a continuous
  DOD operation since 2012, and it enables U.S. Central Command to counter, protect,
  defend, and prepare while building partner capacity. This operation contributes to
  regional deterrence, reacting to a possible threat in the Middle East, and performing
  security cooperation missions in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
  The 29th Infantry Division (National Guard) commanded Task Force Spartan from
  December 2016 to July 2017. The task force consisted of five brigades from multiple
  divisions and components that deployed on a rotational basis. The task force was
  responsible for improving readiness across 13 countries, facilitating multiple training
  exercises, and maintaining a strategic rapid reaction force. The division headquarters
  was responsible for executing the theater security cooperation program with partner
  nations in the Middle East and Center and South Asia regions.
  The division headquarters successfully integrated brigades from multiple divisions and
  components, prepared for large-scale combat, and conducted shaping operations
  throughout the AO. The division also supported combat actions conducted by
  Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in Northern Iraq and Syria. The division completed
  a transfer of authority to the 35th Infantry Division (National Guard) in July 2017.
  CRISIS RESPONSE
  5-81. In crisis response, because of the clearly defined end state and limited scope, divisions can serve as a
  tactical headquarters, joint force, or joint force land component command, and if required, as a JTF or
  ARFOR. Even with a well-defined end state, forces, and scope, a division’s execution of these operations
  may take considerable time. Commanders conducting crisis response operations carefully consider all actions
  to ensure they do not further destabilize the situation or inadvertently escalate it. A division, while smaller
  than a corps or army, still provides a robust and experienced combined arms team and three general officers
  to lead any U.S. military efforts in response to a crisis.