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Deep Operations in the Operations Process 1 September 2016 ATP 3-94.2 2-9 commanders with relevant information and answers to operational questions, thus enhancing the commander’s situational understanding. See FM 6-0 for a detailed discussion on liaison. 2-48. Liaison officers from subordinate brigades (aviation, field artillery) and air and special operations liaison officers greatly enhance the quality and speed of planning for deep operations. During execution, these liaison officers assist the chief of operations in the COIC in controlling operations and rapidly passing information. Information Collection 2-49. Information collection is an activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and employment of sensors and assets as well as the processing, exploitation, and dissemination of systems in direct support of current and future operations (FM 3-55). It integrates the functions of the intelligence and operations staffs focused on answering the commander's critical information requirements. Joint operations refer to this as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Information collection is the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements. This includes the following: Plan requirements and assess collection. Task and direct collection. Execute collection. 2-50. Information collection activities help the commander understand and visualize the operation by identifying gaps in information, aligning assets and resources against those gaps, and assessing the collected information and intelligence to inform the commander’s decisions. These activities also support planning, targeting, and decision-making during execution. The responsibility of the deep area is the establishing headquarters (division or corps). As such, information collection in the deep area is planned and controlled by the division or corps headquarters. Commanders allocate significant assets and coordinate for joint capabilities to help them understand the situation in the deep area. Security Operations 2-51. Commanders and staffs continuously plan for and coordinate security operations across the range of military operations. Security operations are those operations undertaken by a commander to provide early and accurate warning of enemy operations to provide the force being protected with time and maneuver space within which to react to the enemy and to develop the situation to allow the commander to effectively use the protected force (ADRP 3-90). The five forms of security operations are screen, guard, cover, area security, and local security. See FM 3-90-2 for a detailed discussion of security operations. 2-52. Local security for units in the deep area (such as reconnaissance forces) and units supporting a deep operation (units establishing a forward refuel rearm point or field artillery units in forward positioning areas) are an important consideration. Planners look to augment these units by attaching additional security elements (infantry, military police) or assign tasks to subordinate brigades to provide local security. Protection 2-53. Protection is the preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside the boundaries of a given operational area (JP 3-0). Commanders and staffs synchronize, integrate, and organize capabilities and resources throughout the operations process in order to preserve combat power and mitigate the effects of threats and hazards. Protection is both a warfighting function and a continuing activity of the operations process. Commanders ensure the various tasks of protection are integrated into all aspects of operations to safeguard the force, personnel (combatants and noncombatants), systems, and physical assets. Terrain Management 2-54. Terrain management is the process of allocating terrain by establishing areas of operation, designating assembly areas, and specifying locations for units and activities to deconflict activities that might interfere with each other. Throughout the operations process, commanders manage terrain within the boundaries of their assigned AO. Through terrain management, commanders identify and locate units in the area. The