4-2. Commanders use the analyses of the operational environment and their assigned area of operations in conjunction with the operations process to determine the effects required to achieve objectives. They use mission orders and the integrating process of targeting to obtain and/or provide the required capability in order to achieve that required effect. Army special operations commanders and planners make ethical, effective, and efficient decisions and take actions consistent with the moral principles of the Army Ethic. Employment of fires in decisive action requires the judicious use of lethal force that is balanced with restraint and tempered by professional judgment. Restraint requires the careful and disciplined balancing of the need for decisive combat action, security and protection, and the strategic end state (or overall combatant command mission). Army leaders should clearly understand how adherence to the Army Ethic provides a moral basis for decisive action and how it becomes a force multiplier in all operations.