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Appendix D D-6 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 Table D-4. CA mission planning and capabilities (continued) Organization Capabilities CA Battalion • Plan, enable, shape, and manage civil-military operations • Develop and maintain a civil common operational for the division’s AOs. • Plan, assess, and execute CA operations in support of unified land operations. • Plan and assess stability activities • Enable indigenous populations and institutions, interagency, and interorganizational coordination to achieve unified action. • Enable mission command. • Enable transitions to consolidate gains. Legend: AO area of operations CA civil affairs AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE D-6. Air and missile defense is the direct (active and passive) defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and ballistic missile threats against friendly forces and assets (JP 3-01). More precisely, ADA is the dedicated Army systems, personnel, and forces that provide active, land-based defense against air and missile attacks. ADA forces execute AMD operations under the joint counterair operational framework based on the integration of offensive and defensive counterair operations. Offensive counterair are offensive operations to destroy or neutralize enemy aircraft, missile launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, and as close to their source as possible (JP 3-01). Defensive counterair are all defensive measures designed to neutralize or destroy enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace (JP 3-01). D-7. During support area operations, the designated support area land owner may be task-organized an ADA element (SHORAD) to counter low-altitude unmanned aircraft systems, high-speed fixed-wing and rotary- wing aircraft, reconnaissance, intelligence, and surveillance and target acquisition assets. Table D-5 provides an overview of the ADA battalion capabilities that may be a tenant unit of the corps or division support area. For additional information on ADA battalions (SHORAD), see FM 3-01. Table D-5. ADA mission planning and capabilities Organization Capabilities ADA Battalion (SHORAD) • Air defense against low altitude hostile aircraft • Air defense airspace management coordination elements to supporting high and medium ADA battalions • Early warning information and air defense command and control information to supported units • Unit administration; religious support; field feeding; and communications- electronics support for units of the battalion • A force protection element to conduct coordinated defense of the unit’s area or installation, unit movements, and other missions Legend: ADA air defense artillery SHORAD short-range air defense AVIATION BRIGADE D-8. Army aviation formations are organized, trained, and equipped to support the combined arms team at the tactical and operational levels. Army aviation operations in the support area typically include air movement, aeromedical evacuation, and command and control support, but they may also include