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Planning 07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 91 Is essential in determining its capabilities and limitations. Assists in constructing threat models that assist in developing valid enemy COAs and friendly counteractions. Assists in determining a threat's combat effectiveness. Assists in conducting combat assessment. 2-277. Composition applies to specific units or commands, as opposed to types of units, and how an entity is commanded and controlled. Military forces have distinct and well-defined organizational structures generally built around a linear chain of command. These forces include air and ground forces that, regardless of national origin, generally follow a modern or contemporary military organizational model. Regular forces are normally self-identified and organized similarly to friendly forces. Irregular forces also have distinct and well-defined organizational structures, but are generally cellular in nature and directed through a decentralized chain of command usually unique to the area or conflict. Regardless of the type of threat, knowing its structure assists in understanding its capabilities and limitations. Identifying Threat Forces 2-278. The identity and organization of forces belonging to the world's various nation-states are generally known by the U.S. intelligence community and maintained by the National Ground Intelligence Center. The National Ground Intelligence Center also maintains databases on non-state military capabilities such as paramilitary forces. Army special operations forces are able to provide information and intelligence on foreign paramilitary, conventional military, partisan, and non-state actor capabilities due to their unique and enduring placement and access in support of globally integrated operations and combatant commander campaign plans. This intelligence holding is vital to understanding the threat prior to armed conflict. U.S. intelligence staffs can access these data, as needed, to support respective commands. The composition of these different types of forces and threats can vary greatly from being well organized around a central command structure to being a highly decentralized and autonomous organization. While state military forces are easily illustrated via organizational charts depicting numbers and types of units, personnel, weapon systems, and equipment associated with those units, organizational charts also can be adapted to depict other threats. Figure 2-23 on page 92 is an example organization of a conventional threat force.