ADP 3-07 — Stability
ADP 3-07 governs Army stability operations tasks and provides doctrine for stability in operations and unified land operations.
- Publication number: ADP 3-07
- Title: STABILITY
- Date: 07/31/2019
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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It covers stability goals, stabilization fundamentals, unified land operations, military and civilian coordination, and planning. It requires attention to legitimate governance, secure environments, essential services, and coordinated efforts toward shared objectives.
Applies to: ADP 3-07 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.
Topics covered
- Stability goals
- Stabilization fundamentals
- Unified land operations
- Civilian-military coordination
- Stability operations tasks
- Security sector reform
- Protection of civilians
- Stability planning
Questions and answers
What conditions define stability?
Ultimately, stability is the set of conditions in which a local populace regards its governance institutions as legitimate and its living situation as acceptable and predictable. (paragraph 1-1)
What does a stability operation provide?
A stability operation is an operation conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief (ADP 3-0). (paragraph 1-2)
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. (paragraph 1-4)
How are unified land operations conducted?
Unified land operations is the simultaneous execution of offense, defense, stability, and defense support of civil authorities across multiple domains to shape operational environments, prevent conflict, prevail in large-scale ground combat, and consolidate gains as part of unified action (ADP 3-0). (paragraph 2-1)
How are military and civilian efforts linked during stability operations?
Leaders link military and civilian efforts to achieve true unity of effort. (paragraph 2-23)