Offensive Operations Environment

Understanding is the most important essential component of the operational construct for planning brigade offensive operations. The commander’s ability to rapidly and accurately achieve an understanding of the urban environment contributes to seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative during UO. Commanders need to visualize and understand the operational environment in order to successfully conduct offensive operations. Shaping is the most important component of the operational construct for brigade defense operations. Shaping operations set the conditions for decisive operations at the tactical level in the urban area. Defender shape the environment by never allowing the enemy by spoiling attacks before the enemy can focus on
combat power. These results allow the defender freedom of action and facilitate the establishment of relationships with the local nationals.
Transition is the essential component of the operational construct for Brigade Stability Operations. Stability tasks in operations capitalize on coordination, cooperation, integration, and synchronization among military and nonmilitary organizations in order to achieve conditions that ensure a stable and lasting peace. All five tasks are aligned to go through a transition that will eventually lead to the host nation taking control of their governance.