The paper examines the concept of operational synchronization to determine how the concept should be portrayed in the upcoming revision of FM 100-5, Operations. This study first examines implications of theory of the operational art on the concept...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the current drug war and to determine if an operational artist's approach to planning and problem solving is applicable for the United States in its war against drugs. This paper is significant because the...
The purpose of this study is to identify a decision-making process appropriate to the nature of operational art. The monograph characterizes the process by which the operational level commander perceives the mission and the current situation, makes...
This monograph discusses the role of intelligence in support of operational art. Intelligence support at all levels of war is critical for the commander to successfully apply force to achieve the established goals and objectives. This is...
This study reviews leadership theory and application, and it assembles a heuristic model of leadership's macrocosm. It intends to inspire an appreciation of the broad spectrum of leadership styles and their varied effectiveness. Moreover, it...
This monograph determines if there is a potential to capture the essence of operational design through the use of graphic symbols. Although Army Field Manual 101-5-1, Operational Terms and Graphics is well suited for use at the tactical level of...
This monograph discusses logistics in contingency operations. Specifically it explores an expanded role for USTRANSCOM in CONUS-based force deployment operations. The paper looks at logistics as an important and often overlooked tool for conducting...
With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the grip of
superpower strictures loosened resulting in an increase in complexity and dynamism that marks today's security environment. The rapidly changing and uncertain...
This monograph offers a definition of "military art," discusses military art's relationship to the commander's management of battlefield uncertainty, and uncertainty's relationship to nonlinearity. Using the terms of art, uncertainty, and...
Future operational concepts contained in Joint Vision 2010 and the accompanying service level concepts emphasizes full spectrum, full dimensional dominance, allowing the application of force in time and space that cannot be equaled by a potential...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
H. Willis Reddick and the former Gertrude Washington were married June 23, 1952. They are the parents often children, five girls and five boys, five of which enlisted in the military. We were raised in the small rural town of Greenville, Florida,...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This monograph addresses the theory of operational art and discusses where it can be applied. As American military forces prepare to enter into the 21st Century it is clear that they will be involved in a wide range of operations. The collapse of...
Responding to comments made by the Secretary of Defense in April 2008, the United States Air Force began procuring thirty-seven C-12 class aircraft to augment existing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems already operating in the...
This monograph asks the question what constitutes operational art? It examines the possible origins of operational art in the Napoleonic era to determine how the nature of warfare changed to reflect the world changes brought on by the Industrial...
The Army needs more logisticians who are operational artists and know what operational art is and how to use it. Operational art represents the cornerstone of United States Army doctrine. Its concept represents the common thread that focuses...
Effective communication on a massive scale between the government and the people of the United States was essential between 1917 and 1919 to mobilize the American people in support of the First World War effort. The pictorial poster is a medium of...