FM 3-34.22 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

Chapter 7
� Securing land areas. Effective stability operations help secure land areas by developing HN
capabilities. Areas of population unrest often divert forces that are urgently needed elsewhere.
� Meeting the critical needs of the population. Stability operations are often required to meet
the critical needs of the population. Army forces can provide essential services until the HN
government or other agency can do so.
� Gaining support for the HN government. All stability operations ultimately depend on the
legitimacy of the HN government and its acceptance by the population as the governing body.
All stability operations are conducted with that aim.
� Shaping the environment for interagency and HN success. This is achieved by providing the
security and control necessary for the HN and interagency elements to function.
7-4. Army forces perform the following five primary stability tasks:
� Civil security. Civil security includes protecting the population from external and internal
threats.
� Civil control. Civil control includes regulating the behavior and activity of individuals and
groups. Control limits population activity to allow security and essential services. A curfew is an
example of civil control.
� Essential services. Essential services include emergency lifesaving medical care, veterinary
services, epidemic disease prevention, food and water provisions, emergency shelter provisions,
and basic sanitation provisions (sewage and garbage disposal). This is an area that typically
receives significant engineer focus.
� Governance support. Governance support is the provision of societal control functions that
include the regulation of public activity, rule of law, taxation, security maintenance, control and
essential services, and normalizing means of succession of power.
� Economic infrastructure development support. Economic and infrastructure development
support is direct and indirect military assistance to local, regional, and national entities to
provide an indigenous capacity and capability for continued economic and infrastructure
development.
BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
7-5. While the BCT is designed for combined arms combat, it also participates in stability operations.
When conducting combat operations, the BCT may be required to rapidly shift its focus to stability
operations. The ability of Army forces to stabilize a crisis is not limited to their ability to attack and defend.
The very presence of a BCT may help promote a secure environment in which diplomatic and economic
programs designed to eliminate root causes of instability may flourish. The BCT and other Army forces
can establish and maintain a credible presence as long as necessary to achieve desired results. As with
combat operations, all three engineer functions (them) apply to stability operations.
7-6. The BCT performs many familiar core tactical missions and tasks during stability operations.
Stability operations typically differ from other operations (offense and defense) in the—
� Purpose of operations.
� Special constraints placed on commanders and Soldiers.
� Level of interaction with OGAs and NGOs.
� Unique missions and tasks conducted.
7-7. These operations follow and focus on broad imperatives that help guide commanders in execution.
These imperatives are—
� Protecting the force.
� Conducting active information operations.
� Maximizing joint, interagency, and multinational cooperation.
� Presenting the clear ability to apply force without threatening its use.
� Applying force as precisely and selectively as possible.
7-2 FM 3-34.22 11 February 2009