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18 August 2014 ATP 2-33.4 6-1 PART THREE Considerations for Decisive Action and Unique Missions Chapter 6 Analytic Support to Decisive Action This chapter describes the analytical support to decisive action. It addresses the analytical support process to offensive, defensive, stability, and DSCA operations. The analytical techniques used in decisive action are also discussed. Additionally, analytical support to unique operations, including building partnership capacity, protection, and synchronizing information-related capabilities, are addressed. OVERVIEW 6-1. The overarching concept that directs the Army is unified land operations. ADP 3-0 establishes the principles of unified land operations and discusses how the Army seizes, retains, and exploits the initiative through simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability tasks. The analytical process does not drastically differ whether in the offense, defense, or stability tasks. The difference lies in the tempo in which offensive and defensive tasks are conducted versus the tempo in which stability tasks are conducted. ANALYTIC SUPPORT TO UNIFIED LAND OPERATIONS 6-2. In offensive and defensive tasks, the actions that occur within the operations process and commander’s decisionmaking are accelerated to match the quickly changing conditions within the AO. In stability tasks, success is measured in far different terms from offense and defense. Time may be the ultimate arbiter of success: time to bring safety and security to an embattled populace; time to provide for the essential, immediate humanitarian needs of the people; time to restore basic public order and a semblance of normalcy to life; and time to rebuild the institutions of government and market economy that provide the foundations for enduring peace and stability. Regardless of the type of operation, all-source intelligence is the primary capability within the intelligence warfighting function that aids commanders understanding of their operational environment. ANALYTIC SUPPORT TO OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS 6-3. An offensive task is a task conducted to defeat or destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers (ADRP 3-0). The overall purpose of offensive operations is to defeat, destroy, or neutralize the enemy force. A commander may also conduct offensive operations to deprive the enemy of resources, seize decisive terrain, deceive or divert the enemy, develop intelligence, or hold an enemy in position. (See ADRP 3-90.) 6-4. The principal difference between offensive and defensive or stability operations is the focus and degree of detail of analysis required for determining the enemy’s defensive framework and the effects of