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Chapter I
operations during deployment are unopposed and the host country is supporting the
deployment.
(2) Uncertain Environment. An uncertain environment is an OE in which HN
forces, whether opposed to or receptive to operations that a unit intends to conduct, do not
have totally effective control of the territory and population in the intended OA. In this
situation, entry operations during deployment are generally unopposed but could be opposed
at any point during the deployment by forces or individuals not under HN control.
(3) Hostile Environment. A hostile environment is an OE in which hostile forces
have control as well as the intent and capability to effectively oppose or react to the
operations that a unit intends to conduct. In this situation, the deploying force must conduct
forcible entry operations to secure a lodgment for reception of the joint force to provide for
the continuous landing of forces and materiel and provide space for subsequent operations,
such as onward movement and integration. Should US forces be denied temporary physical
access to a specific geographic location, the JFC should plan forcible entry operations from
an existing forward operating site or consider the use/formation of an intermediate staging
base (ISB) near the objective area or forward deployed maritime forces.
2. Global Force Management and Force Projection
a. Global Force Management (GFM). At any given time there could be multiple
requirements to employ military forces. Each operation could have a different strategic
priority and could be of a different size and scope. To effectively support multiple
requirements, and apply the right level of priority and resources to each, requires effective
GFM. The GFM and the Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) processes have separate
and distinct purposes but are interdependent by design, with APEX focusing on designing,
organizing, and executing operations to create desired effects and GFM focusing on
identifying, providing, and managing the forces and capabilities needed to support those
operations. GFM aligns force assignment, apportionment, and allocation methodologies in
support of the National Defense Strategy, joint force availability requirements, and joint
force assessments. It provides comprehensive oversights into the global availability of US
military forces/capabilities and provides decision makers a process to quickly and accurately
assess the impact and risk of proposed changes in forces/capability assignment,
apportionment, and allocation.
(1) The GFM process cycle starts and ends with the Secretary of Defense (SecDef).
In accordance with (IAW) Title 10, United States Code, SecDef assigns and allocates
forces/capabilities, provides planning guidance to combatant commands (CCMDs), and
provides overarching strategic guidance to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS).
The CJCS apportions forces/capabilities to CCMDs for adaptive planning and develops
strategic-level guidance. CCMDs, in turn, coordinate force/capability requirements with the
CJCS or delegated CCDR based on SecDef’s guidance across the three processes; develop
Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF)-directed plans with forces apportioned by the
CJCS, and forward designated plans to SecDef for approval.
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