Assured access is the desired conditions that the United States seeks to maintain in potential areas of strategic importance throughout the world. Assured access is the result of a combination of geopolitical factors that affect the United States' ability to exert influence and project power in a variety of political, economic, humanitarian, and military situations. While assured access includes the freedom of movement through the global commons of international airspace and oceanic sea lanes, operational access is the ability to project military force into an operational area with sufficient freedom of action to accomplish the mission. Operational access is the joint force contribution to assured access, the unhindered national use of the global commons and select sovereign territory, waters, airspace and cyberspace.
DesignationFM 3-99
EditionMar 2015
ChangeC1
StatusActive
ProponentTRADOC
Pages232
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
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