JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States - Defense ...

Theory and Foundations
funding and the deployment of military personnel to legislative restrictions on the tasks to
which military assistance may be applied. Thus close and continuous coordination between
the military and other departments and agencies is essential.
(2) Our Nation may resort to combat when diplomacy or deterrence fails. The
fundamental purpose of combat is to defeat armed enemies during traditional warfare, IW, or
a combination. It concludes when the mission is accomplished. Combat includes the
combination of offensive and defensive operations and missions to achieve objectives.
Combat missions can vary in scale from individual strikes to extensive campaigns and can
employ the full range of capabilities available to the military instrument of national power.
(3) Military forces are also adept at providing security in a wide range of
circumstances. Security missions and tasks cover stability operations, civil support, and
other requirements to protect and control civil populations and territory, whether friendly,
hostile, or neutral. They also include inherent offensive and defensive measures to protect
the joint force. Security actions ultimately seek to reassure rather than compel. Effective
security requires a visible and enduring presence. Joint forces can improve security through
security force assistance, which enhances the capabilities and capacities of a partner nation
or regional security organization through training, equipment, advice, and assistance.
(4) A fourth broad area, relief and reconstruction, includes stability operations,
civil support, and other missions and tasks that restore essential civil services in the wake of
combat, a breakdown of civil order, or a natural disaster. The military provides support to
DOS to assist its relief and reconstruction efforts. Relief and reconstruction assistance may
be required in a wide range of situations, such as military occupation, counterinsurgency, and
humanitarian crises. Such assistance may be required whether or not civilian relief assets are
present and may involve significant civilian contractor support.
11. Joint Functions
a. There are significant complexities to effectively integrating and synchronizing
Service and combat support agency (CSA) capabilities in joint operations. These challenges
are not new, and they present themselves with consistency. For example, simply getting the
joint force to form and deploy in a coherent and desired manner requires integration of
organization, planning, and communication capabilities and activities. But to fully employ
the joint force in extensive and complex operations requires a much greater array of
capabilities and procedures to help the commander and staff integrate and synchronize the
joint force’s actions. These types of activities and capabilities center on the commander’s
ability to employ the joint force and are grouped under one functional area called command
and control. In a similar manner, many other functionally related capabilities and activities
can be grouped. These groupings, we call joint functions, facilitate planning and
employment of the joint force.
b. In addition to command and control, the joint functions include intelligence, fires,
movement and maneuver, protection, and sustainment. Some functions, such as command
and control and intelligence, apply to all operations. Others, such as fires, apply as the
mission requires. A number of subordinate tasks, missions, and related capabilities help
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