…It ties the military instrument of national power to the achievement of national security goals and objectives and is essential to securing desired strategic end states during peacetime and war. Planning begins with the end state…

…Ingress Moving the IED from the inventory location to the detonation point using a secure transport mechanism and using care not to detonate IED. Monitor Observation of IED location from a secure vantage point. Output is…

…Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Encompassing Citizen and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Patrol, Transportation Security, the Secret Service, and the Coast Guard, DHS, with its three primary missions—prevent terrorist attacks within the United States…

…National Security Presidential Directive-44, Management of Interagency Efforts Concerning Reconstruction and Stabilization, assigns DOS the responsibility to plan and coordinate USG efforts in stabilization and reconstruction. The Secretary of State is responsible to coordinate with…

…The President, aided by the National Security Staff, establishes policy and national strategic objectives. SecDef translates these into strategic military objectives that facilitate theater strategic planning. CCDRs usually participate in strategic discussions with the President and…

…Stability operations is an umbrella term for various military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment and…

…Efforts to monitor, query, and board merchant vessels in international waters to enforce sanctions against other nations such as those in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and/or prevent the transport of restricted goods…

…Military activities that support PM include military-to-military exchanges and security assistance. US joint forces are often deployed with military forces from other nations to carry out operations and exercises focused on United Nations-mandated…

…Nation assistance programs include, but are not limited to, security assistance, FID, and other Title 10, USC, programs. Collaborative planning between the JFC and interorganizational and HN authorities can greatly enhance the effectiveness of nation assistance…

…security force assistance SJA staff judge advocate SO special operations SOF special operations forces SOP standard operating procedure TACON tactical control TCP theater campaign plan TF task force UCP Unified Command Plan UN United Nations USC…

…nodes on a variety of networks and between different security levels. This architecture provides the infrastructure for data exchange between intelligence and operational consumers from national to tactical levels. MIDB provides a baseline source of intelligence…

…Use of joint capabilities in military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence activities helps shape the operational environment and keep the day-to-day tensions between nations or groups below the threshold of armed conflict while maintaining…

…The appropriate governmental officials, often with National Security Council direction, normally coordinate these instruments of national power (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic). The military instrument’s role increases relative to the other instruments as the need…

…Restraint requires the careful and disciplined balancing of the need for security, the conduct of military operations, and the national strategic end state. For example, the exposure of intelligence gathering activities, such as interrogation of detainees…

…Theater and functional strategies contain strategic concepts and COAs directed toward securing the objectives of national and multinational policies and strategies through the integrated employment of military capabilities synchronized with the other instruments of national power…

…Military Engagement, Security Cooperation, and Deterrence a. Scope. Military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence missions, tasks, and actions encompass a wide range of actions where the military instrument of national power is tasked to support OGAs…

…could escalate from a security cooperation activity into a major operation or campaign. (1) Military Engagement, Security Cooperation, and Deterrence. These ongoing activities establish, shape, maintain, and refine relations with other nations and domestic civil authorities…

…I-1 • Strategic Environment and National Security Challenges ......................................... I-2 • Instruments of National Power and the Range of Military Operations ..................... I-4 • Strategic Guidance ..................................................................................................... I-5 • Unified Action ........................................................................................................... I-8 • Levels of War .......................................................................................................... I-12 • Types…

…GCCs shape their AORs through security cooperation activities by continually employing military forces to complement and reinforce other instruments of national power. The GCC’s security cooperation strategy provides a framework within which CCMDs engage regional…

…DCGS-A will provide access to many databases that include those managed by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Ground Intelligence Center, and the Army Geospatial Center…