Doctrine directs planners and commanders to factor in the environment, but that breaks down in deployed locations, where environmental issues are seen as secondary and perhaps as retarding mission accomplishment and are carried out begrudgingly if they are executed at all. Joint Publication 3-34 stresses the strategic implications of compliance or noncompliance. Entire endstates can be affected, and the longer engagements and increased post-deployment involvement characteristic of modern conflicts heightens the danger to coalition personnel and the need for long-term planning for environmental responsibility. |