Do current Joint Doctrinal procedures for operational targeting facilitate Joint Vision 2010's operational concept of precision engagement? Operation DESERT STORM proved the criticality of effective joint operational targeting. Additionally, the...
This monograph examines why many commanders continue to have problems writing effective commander's intent statements. Doctrine writers reintroduced "Commander's intent" to United States Army doctrine with the 1982 version of FM 100-5, Operations....
This monograph examines the question of who should plan and control joint fires beyond the fire support coordination line (FSCL). Since the Gulf War, the Army and Air Force have met at the annual Army-Air Force Warfighter Talks to reconcile...
This monograph is designed to demonstrate the complexity of developing, coordinating and executing a time sensitive, crisis situation campaign under Military Operations Other Than War conditions. Campaign plans are developed to provide a sequential...
Modern communications, data processing systems, and the complexity of modern land warfare have led to the explosion of information in tactical combat organizations. The commander must use this information within a decision process to exploit its...
This monograph suggests that Army doctrine does not support Joint doctrine in the direct approach to attacking the enemy's operational centers of gravity (COGs). It expresses the belief that there are phases of an operation in which air power...
This monograph argues that an interventionary operation in South or Central America involving a joint task force consisting of at least a U.S. Army brigade is likely to occur by 2005. It describes the nature of the military organization necessary...
This monograph assesses the adequacy of current United States joint campaign planning doctrine within the context of conventional operations between similar forces within a theater of war. The study focuses on five key doctrinal planning concepts...
The close of the cold war dramatically changed the national security environment confronting the United States. The end of the bi-polar confrontation between the communist bloc and the West has created the impression that conventional warfighting...
This monograph investigates a gap in U.S. Army doctrine on the prevention of terrorist attacks. First, this monograph shows that the goals, organization, and tactics of terrorist are a formidable threat to the Army. Second, it uses case studies...
This monograph examines the U.S. Army Draft 1998 Field Manual 100-5 Operations to determine whether the terrorist threat is sufficiently addressed to carry the Army into the 21st Century. First, this monograph shows the purpose of Operations as the...
In "Maneuver in the Information Age," BG Wass de Czege challenged his readers to think about future war in the age of information systems and smart weapons. In this article, BG Wass de Czege argued that the fundamentals of war would remain...
This paper compares the most recent revisions to Army and Air Force draft basic doctrine. It focuses on the sets of doctrinal frameworks that describe each service's approach to the range of modern military operations and the integrating ideas that...
This study examines factors influencing the development of theory and doctrine based on emerging and future technology. It uses the air power theory of Giulio Douhet and the unescorted daylight strategic bombing doctrine of the US Army Air Force to...
This monograph examines battalion commander and staff performance in conducting the tactical decision making process. The National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center continue to report battalion commanders and staff have...
This monograph examines the role of the operational level commander in rebuilding combat effectiveness in the force. For the purpose of this monograph, the author defined combat effectiveness as the ability of an army to impose its will on enemy...
This monograph studies the use of the term battle damage assessment (BDA) within the Army, Air Force, and Joint communities. The monograph uses history, official publications, and materials published by military personnel or contractors to assess...
This monograph studies the use of aircraft in insurgency. It compares airpower and insurgency theories, looks at the historical use of aircraft in insurgency, and considers four recent examples of insurgents or separatists attempting to apply...
This monograph seeks to determine how operational level commanders establish the tone of the command and how they exercise their will through all elements of the command. To establish a context for answering this question, an overview of the...
This monograph seeks to determine whether Army mechanized infantry and armored divisions are appropriate platforms for force projection operations. To establish a context for answering this question, an overview of the strategic environment is...