Planning for Action: Campaign Concepts and Tools is designed to be used as a handbook for developing campaign plans at the US Army Command and General Staff College. This book provides working definitions of campaign concepts and tactics,...
Current Army doctrine lacks a security metrics paradigm similar to the infrastructure paradigm SWEAT-MSO. Because of this, commanders, staff, subordinates, other government leaders, and the media lack a simple and common set of terms to use when...
Current operations indicate that improvements are warranted within our Battle Command (BC) planning method to support complex and ill-structured problems. Several modified approaches have been reviewed and synthesized into a general theoretical...
Military officials often utilize the PMESII-PT acronym (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical Environment, and Time) as an analytical start point to assess an operational environment. However, the linear...
American policy in Afghanistan has evolved since the initial engagement of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. It has become increasingly clear that strategic focus must include a plan to concentrate upon and continue development of a stable and secure...
This monograph analyzes the current challenges facing the U.S. Army and the potential for force structure changes to meet future threats. Allowing for widened spans of control through the addition of a line company to the maneuver battalions of the...
This field manual (FM) is a doctrinal guide to Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) operations. It is intended for use by the AAMDC commander and his staff as well as the commanders and staffs of Army, joint, and multinational elements that...
Addresses the hows of Army-Marine Corps Integration (AMCI) in joint operations. It describes the capabilities and limitations of selected United States Army and United States marine Corps units and provides methodologies in the form of tactics,...
This study examines nine critical factors that should be addressed in stabilization planning and execution. The author then presents a case study of the US occupation of Japan after World War II, followed by a parallel analysis of the case study...
This manual provides authoritative doctrine for the Army maintenance system to support maintenance operations at all echelons across the full range of military operations as part of the combat service support (CSS) system. This manual addresses...
British operations during the American Revolution and US military actions during the interventions in Mexico (1914-1916) exemplify factors that contributed and ultimately resulted in either successful or failed execution of strategic goals.
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This paper examines a Special Forces Company’s daily operations in central Baghdad. The paper is written from the point of view of the Company Operations Sergeant. The Company’s goal was to conduct Targeting Operations with an end state of...
The following account details the training challenges I faced as a Detachment Sergeant of a remotely located MTOE finance detachment that shared world wide contingency support mission of the 13th Finance Group and III Corps. The information...
Scholars and military professionals agree on the importance of economic development during stability operations. They also recognize its complexity. Current policy mandates Army participation in economic development, but how does the U.S. Army...
The last 10 years of conflict have seen a dramatic increase of airspace users above the battlefield providing both opportunities and challenges to maneuver commanders. Assets operating overhead assist the commander in mission command; however, the...
The National Security Strategy of Georgia describes the possibility of a large-scale military intervention into its territory as one of the major threats to the security of Georgia. The political goals of an aggressor, who may challenge the...
This monograph analyzes the United States Army's preparedness to counter a hybrid threat. The analysis consists initially with developing broad understanding of hybrid warfare/ threat by reviewing numerous proposed definitions. With a general...
From the initial invasion in 2001 through the ongoing counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has been challenged with truly understanding the socio-cultural dynamics of the local populace which has become known as the...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if the United States Army can sustain operational maneuver in the twenty-first century. The author determined that the army can sustain operational maneuver but still needs to address four areas. First,...
Complexity theory has attracted considerable interest from operational artists in recent times. However, because it is still an emerging field, there are few -- if any -- historical case studies that show how complexity applies to military...