Unified Land Operations

Available information concerning foreign countries, hostile or potentially hostile forces, or areas of operations is collected, processed, and analyzed in order to produce intelligence. The intelligence warfighting function allows the commander to plan, prepare, assess, and execute operations. Intelligence is a necessary process to conducting unified land operations because it provides support to commanders by disseminating information from all sources about the current operations and developing situations. Intelligence allows commanders to understand the situation and assist in decision making. The intelligence effort provides information to other warfighting functions and supports mission command’s decisions while conducting operations. (ADP 2-0, Page 1). Unified land operations explain how the Army seizes and retains control of a position of advantage on the battle field while conducting land operations. The Army seizes and retains control of positions of advantage through offensive and defensive operations in order to prevent conflict and create conditions for favorable conflict resolution. Unified land operations are accomplished

Army forces conduct offensive and defensive operations appropriate to the mission and environment. Intelligence supports the commander’s effort to perform decisive action. Intelligence allows the commander to visualize threats and characteristics of the operational environment. This support assists the commander and staff in deciding when and where to focus adequate combat power to defeat the threat while minimizing risk. Commanders and staffs at all levels coordinate intelligence with the other warfighting functions to increase their ability to visualize the operational environment and interrupt or dislocate the threat throughout the AO. Information collection activities are continuously assessed and updated during operations. (ADRP 2-0, Chapter 1 paragraphs 8-9)