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Planning and Execution Considerations<br />
Notional Operation Plan Phases<br />
Plan Phases<br />
Level of Military Effort<br />
Phase 0<br />
Shape<br />
Phase I<br />
Deter<br />
Phase II<br />
Seize<br />
Initiative<br />
Seizing the<br />
Initiative Activities<br />
Phase III<br />
Dominate<br />
Dominating<br />
Activities<br />
Phase IV<br />
Stabilize<br />
Enabling Civil<br />
Authority<br />
Activity<br />
Stabilizing<br />
Activities<br />
Phase V<br />
Enable<br />
Civil<br />
Authority<br />
Phase 0<br />
Shape<br />
Deterring Activities<br />
Shaping Activities<br />
Theater<br />
Shaping<br />
Global<br />
Shaping<br />
OPLAN<br />
Approval<br />
OPORD<br />
Activation<br />
OPORD Execution<br />
OPORD<br />
Termination<br />
Legend<br />
OPLAN<br />
operation plan<br />
OPORD<br />
operation order<br />
Figure III-10. Notional Operation Plan Phases<br />
(2) Transitions between phases are designed to be distinct shifts in focus by the<br />
MNF, often accompanied by changes in command or support relationships. The activities<br />
that predominate during a given phase, however, rarely align with neatly definable<br />
breakpoints. The need to move into another phase normally is identified by assessing that a<br />
set of objectives is achieved or that the enemy has acted in a manner that requires a major<br />
change in focus for the joint force and is therefore usually event driven, not time driven.<br />
Changing the focus of the operation takes time and may require changing commander’s<br />
objectives, desired effects, measures of effectiveness, priorities, command relationships,<br />
force allocation, or even the design of the OA. An example is the shift of focus from<br />
sustained combat operations in the dominate phase to a preponderance of stability operations<br />
in the stabilize and enable civil authority phases. Hostilities gradually lessen as the joint<br />
force begins to reestablish order, commerce, and local government and deters adversaries<br />
from resuming hostile actions while the US and international community take steps to<br />
establish or restore the conditions necessary for long-term stability. This challenge demands<br />
an agile shift in joint force skill sets, actions, organizational behaviors, and mental outlooks,<br />
and interorganizational coordination with a wider range of interagency and multinational<br />
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