The purpose of this monograph is to investigate each service's perspective of the battlefield to understand how those views can be integrated for maximum joint effect. Its thesis is that battlespace can be an enabling concept that facilitates this...
This monograph addresses the threats to force projection operations and assesses current doctrine to counter these threats during the operation. The threats considered are sea mines, diesel-electric submarines, anti-ship missiles, and air attack....
Since the end of the Cold War stability and support operations represent the majority of U. S. Army deployments. The writers of the Army’s capstone manual, FM 100-5, Operations, grapple with replacing the 1993 version with a comprehensive...
The Revolution of Military Affairs (RMA), occasioned by technological advances and the shift-drift-rift of paradigms born of multi-polar world realities, is rich with vision, but hobbled by lingering Cold War mentalities. Nowhere is this more...
Since the end of World War II the Army has been involved in numerous operations that dealt directly or indirectly with Nation Building as a focus or subsequent mission following major combat operations. There have been varying levels of success and...
United States Army doctrinal developments of the last twenty years, initiated by Airland Battle concepts, along with technological developments have resulted in increased battlespace of the ground force commander. This increase in battlespace...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the characteristics of Force XXI operations and the capabilities of Light Infantry Divisions. The question to be answered is: Can the Light Infantry Division conduct offensive operations to the tempo...
This monograph began as an investigation to determine if either Effects-Based Operations (EBO) or Systemic Operational Design (SOD) should replace the traditional Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP). It soon became clear that the approaches do...
The Joint Staff published Joint Vision documents in 1996 and 2000 to provide the joint conceptual framework for the transformation effort. The United States Army embarked upon its own transformation towards its Objective Force in conjunction with...
The Objective Force Unit of Action operates in a significantly different command environment. It is called “execution-centric command” and it relies on information superiority. The commander uses superior situational understanding and the...
The United States military is adapting itself to fight warfare in the Information Age, preparing forces that use information superiority as a key weapon. Advocates of this communication-based and information-based form of warfare use the term...
The U.S. Army is in the midst of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Significant advancements in informational technologies and precision weapons are providing unprecedented potential for future warfare. These changes challenge traditional...
This monograph proposes an alternative design concept for the future divisional Armored Engineer Battalion. The research hypothesis is that an Armored Engineer Battalion organized around core battlefield missions would be more effective in...
This monograph examines the operational concept of Force XXI, the U.S. Army of the 21st Century, to determine if it will be applicable against an enemy employing an unconventional warfare strategy. The study suggests that the concept, as it is...
This monograph examines the problem created for control when changes occur to the operational capabilities that enable non-contiguous operations. The problem exists because an operational control structure optimized for non-contiguous operations...
The United States Military has been conducting joint, operational-level deep operations for over a century. This is the point where U.S. Armed Services have found a common ground to focus their joint efforts. The American Civil War established a...
Army after next. Army after next technology: forging possibilities into reality. Brigadier General Edward T. Buckley Jr., US Army; Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Franke III, US Army; and A. Fenner Milton Strategic...
The world in 1999 is a rapidly changing place. Regional conflict based on ethnic, religious, cultural and economic differences is increasing because of a lack of superpower containment. The number of regional powers involved in these conflicts and...
The purpose of this monograph is to provide operational commanders and staff with a glimpse of the potential of non-lethal power of culture. This monograph suggests that it maybe possible to weaponize culture, specifically through the use of...
This study investigates the need for an organic reconnaissance and security element (RSE) in the heavy brigades of Force XXI. The study shows the reasons future brigades need RSEs. The following areas were used to compare brigades with organic RSEs...