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Army Techniques Publication Headquarters, No. 3-57.70 Department of the Army Washington, DC 5 May 2014 Civil-Military Operations Center Contents Page PREFACE..............................................................................................................iv INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................v Chapter 1 OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 1-1 General ............................................................................................................... 1-1 Unified Land Operations ..................................................................................... 1-2 Decisive Action ................................................................................................... 1-2 Offensive Tasks .................................................................................................. 1-4 Defensive Tasks ................................................................................................. 1-4 Civil Affairs Core Tasks ...................................................................................... 1-6 Support at All Levels of War ............................................................................... 1-6 Chapter 2 SUPPORTING MISSION COMMAND ............................................................... 2-1 Developing Understanding and Visualization ..................................................... 2-1 Developing Stability-Oriented Tasks .................................................................. 2-2 Developing Actionable Tasks ............................................................................. 2-3 Integrating and Synchronizing Civilian Efforts .................................................... 2-4 Chapter 3 SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS PROCESS ................................................ 3-1 Operations Process ............................................................................................ 3-1 Planning .............................................................................................................. 3-2 Preparing ............................................................................................................ 3-4 Execution ............................................................................................................ 3-4 Assessment ........................................................................................................ 3-6 Chapter 4 CIVIL-MILITARY OPERATIONS CENTER TASKS .......................................... 4-1 Civil Information Management ............................................................................ 4-1 Receive Civil Information .................................................................................... 4-1 Analyze, Develop, and Manage Civil Information .............................................. 4-2 Disseminate Civil Information ............................................................................. 4-3 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Foreign Disclosure Restriction (FD 1): The material contained in this publication has been reviewed by the developers in coordination with the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School foreign disclosure authority. This product is releasable to students from all requesting foreign countries without restrictions. i Contents Make Recommendations .................................................................................... 4-4 Integrate Resources/Capabilities ........................................................................ 4-4 Synchronize Resources/Capabilities .................................................................. 4-4 Transitional Operations ....................................................................................... 4-5 Chapter 5 SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS ............................................................................ 5-1 Levels of Support ................................................................................................ 5-1 Civil Affairs Commands ....................................................................................... 5-2 Civil Affairs Brigades ........................................................................................... 5-2 Civil Affairs Battalions ......................................................................................... 5-2 Civil Affairs Companies ....................................................................................... 5-3 Staff Relationships and Duties ............................................................................ 5-3 Chapter 6 ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................ 6-1 Headquarters element ........................................................................................ 6-2 Sustainment Section (Supply Sergeant) ............................................................. 6-3 Operations and Intelligence Section (Operations Sergeant) .............................. 6-3 Civil Information Management Cell ..................................................................... 6-3 Functional Specialty Cell ..................................................................................... 6-5 Company Headquarters .................................................................................... 6-11 Civil Liaison Team ............................................................................................. 6-11 Communications Section .................................................................................. 6-11 Chapter 7 PROTECTION, MOBILITY, AND COMMUNICATIONS .................................... 7-1 Common Requirements ...................................................................................... 7-1 Security and Protection Considerations .............................................................. 7-1 Mobility Requirements ........................................................................................ 7-2 Displacement ...................................................................................................... 7-2 Communication Requirements ............................................................................ 7-5 Communicating Shared Understanding .............................................................. 7-5 Common Operational Picture .............................................................................. 7-5 Visual Displays .................................................................................................... 7-6 Layout Considerations ........................................................................................ 7-7 Protection ............................................................................................................ 7-7 Techniques for Employment ............................................................................... 7-9 Facility Considerations and Responsibilities ..................................................... 7-14 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES .................................................................................. References-1 INDEX ......................................................................................................... Index-1 Figures Figure 1-1. Unified land operations .................................................................................. 1-3 Figure 1-2. Decisive action .............................................................................................. 1-4 Figure 1-3. Civil Affairs core tasks in support of civil-military operations ......................... 1-6 Figure 2-1. Relevant tasks listed in Field Manual 7-15 .................................................... 2-3 Figure 2-2. Economic subsystems ................................................................................... 2-5 ii ATP 3-57.70 5 May 2014 Contents Figure 3-1. The operations process ................................................................................ 3-1 Figure 3-2. Campaign sequence ..................................................................................... 3-5 Figure 4-1. Civil information management process ......................................................... 4-2 Figure 5-1. Support relationships .................................................................................... 5-1 Figure 6-1. Notional civil-military operations center organization .................................... 6-1 Figure 6-2. Typical civil-military operations center structure ..........................................