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Appendix A A-6 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 Legend: AMD air missle defense BSA brigade support area CBRN chemical, biological, radilogical, and nuclear CIV civilian CSC convoy support center DET detention DSA division support area EOD explosive ordnance disposal EW electronic warfare FHP force health protection OPSEC operations security PL phase line PRC populace and resources control SUST sustainment TCP traffic control post Figure A-1. Protection in support of large-scale combat operations (continued) A-13. As ARFOR transition from large-scale combat to the consolidation of gains, the focus transitions to area security and stability tasks. Army operations to consolidate gains correspond with stabilize and enable civil authority phases of a joint operation. Commanders continuously consider the synchronization, integration, and organization of protection capabilities necessary to consolidate gains and achieve the desired end state. Consolidate gains activities include the relocation of displaced civilians, detainee operations, the reestablishment of law and order, providing humanitarian assistance, and the restoration and protection of critical infrastructure ASSESSMENTS A-14. Initial protection planning requires various assessments to establish protection priorities. Assessments include threats, hazards, vulnerability, and criticality. These assessments are used to determine which assets can be protected given no constraints, and which assets can be protected with available resources. There are seldom sufficient resources to simultaneously provide all assets the same level of protection. For this reason, the support area commander makes decisions on acceptable risks and provides guidance to the staff so that they can employ protection capabilities based on the protection priorities. A-15. Protection planning is a continuous process that must include an understanding of the threats and hazards that may impact operations from the deep area back to the strategic support area. Protection capabilities are aligned to protect critical assets and mitigate effects from threats and hazards. The protection cell and protection working group must prioritize the protection of critical assets during operations to shape, operations to prevent, large-scale combat, and during the consolidation of gains that best supports the commander’s end state. A-16. An important aspect of protection planning involves the support area. If conditions in the support area degrade, it is detrimental to the success of operations. A degraded support area also inhibits the ability to shape the deep area for the BCTs involved in close operations. Therefore, the protection of support areas requires planning considerations equal to those in the close areas. THREAT AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT A-17. Personnel from all staff sections and warfighting functions help conduct threat and hazard analysis. This analysis comprises a thorough, in-depth compilation and examination of information and intelligence that address potential threats and hazards in the AO. The integrating processes (IPB, targeting, and risk management) provide an avenue to obtain the threats and hazards that are reviewed and refined. Threat and hazard assessments are continuously reviewed and updated as the operational environment changes. A-18. Considerations for the threat and hazard assessment include— Enemy and adversary threats. Operational capabilities. Intentions. Activities.