ADP 3-07 / ADRP 3-07 – Stability Flashcards
What are Stability tasks?
Stability tasks are tasks conducted as part of operations outside the US in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief.
What is a line of effort?
A line of effort is a line that links multiple tasks using the logic of purpose rather than geographical reference to focus efforts toward establishing operational and strategic conditions.
What is a decisive point?
A decisive point is a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute materially to achieving success.
What ADP/ADRP covers Stability?
ADP/ADRP 3-07.
What is Stabilization?
Stabilization is a process in which personnel identify and mitigate underlying sources of instability to establish the conditions for long-term stability.
What is the focus of stability tasks?
- Identifying and targeting the root causes of instability.
* Building the capacity of local institutions.
What are sources of instability?
- Decreased support for the government based on what locals actually expect of their government.
- Increased support for anti-government elements.
- The undermining of the normal functioning of society where the emphasis must be on a return to the established norms.
What are the principles that lay the foundation for long-term stability?
- Conflict transformation.
- Unity of effort.
- Legitimacy and host-nation ownership.
- Building partner capacity.
What is a stability mechanism?
A stability mechanism is the primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace.
What is a defeat mechanism?
A defeat mechanism is the method through which friendly forces accomplish their mission against enemy opposition.
