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Chapter 8
Stability and Support Operations
This chapter describes stability and support operations. It also addresses
the contributions to stability and support operations by ADA units.
ENVIRONMENT
8-1. The Army develops the leadership, organizations, equipment, discipline,
and skills useful for a variety of stability and support operations in preparing
to fight our nation's wars. Doctrine for war complements that for stability
and support operations. Some of the same principles apply to both
environments, though modified to accommodate different situations. Properly
applied to the situation at hand, these principles balance the Army's response
to challenges and confrontations in war and stability and support operations.
8-2. Assessments of which stability and support operations ADA units
support and the extent of participation are presented in the following
paragraphs. However, there are no absolutes and ADA units may be called to
participate in other operations not addressed. ADA units must be capable of
participating in stability and support operations as required.
8-3. The armed forces of the United States are performing stability and
support operations on a global scale. ADA units, as contributors of purely
defensive capabilities, have become the units of choice for several types of
stability and support operations missions in support of national interests. As
regional conflicts and instability increase around the world, the armed forces
and specifically Army ADA must remain prepared to perform the entire
spectrum of global missions when and where required.
8-4. Activities during stability and support operations occur unilaterally or in
conjunction with other military operations. These actions take place at
different times or simultaneously in different places. ADA units perform the
planning and support function for conducting all types of stability and
support operations in coordination with the force commander. The civil
affairs officer, if authorized, is trained in the special actions to support local
United States and foreign governments.
8-5. Each specific activity has different requirements. Some basic planning
questions that apply to each operation are as follows:
• Are there any special requirements for the personnel participating in
the operations?
• What special supplies are required? Will special requisitioning
procedures be used?
• Have waivers to current Army regulations to allow requisition of
special supplies and excessive quantities of supplies outside the
normal requisitioning procedures been approved?
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