1-53. Consolidate gains are the activities to make enduring any temporary operational success and set the conditions for a stable environment allowing for a transition of control to legitimate authorities (ADP 3-0). Operations to consolidate gains require decisive action that increases emphasis on security and stability tasks over time. They will likely involve significant combat operations against bypassed enemy forces and remnants of defeated units initially. These operations often begin concurrently with large-scale combat operations and continue after large-scale combat operations are complete. Both security tasks and stability tasks are required to consolidate gains, and commanders support both with fires.