5-37. When conducting stability operations, protection is essential for success at all operating levels, from tactical to strategic. Like offensive and defensive operations, stability operations can derive some protection from the concept of operations alone, but the most sustainable protection success for the force is achieved by integrating the protection tasks that comprise the protection warfighting function. Loss, damage, injuries, and casualties can influence the will of participating populations to sustain operations. The long-term nature of stability operations may require a scheme of protection that is more resource-intensive and more prescribed than typical security operations.