Download or read book Commander s Handbook for an Effects based Approach to Joint Operations written by Joint Warfighting Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... this handbook is a response to the request of many potential joint and Service users for a definitive publication on "how" echelons at the theater strategic and operational levels can employ effects-based procedures and techniques, particularly during the planning, execution, and assessment of an operation"--Preface.
Download or read book Effects Based Operations Old Doctrine New Words written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent release of the new Commander s Handbook for an Effects-Based Approach to Joint Operations has rekindled the debate on the necessity of incorporating Effect-Base Operations (EBO) into doctrine. The foundation for this paper is based on three fundamental points. First, we have been conducting military operations to achieve effects in the past. Second, the current consternation is actually about the System-of-Systems Approach, not necessarily for or against the EBO concept. Third, total reliance on this System-of-Systems Approach is not the panacea to all military operations; in fact to do so could be detrimental to an Operational Commander. Lastly, this paper concludes that the Commander s Handbook for an Effects-Based Approach to Joint Operations should be withdrawn, that precise terminology must be used when developing doctrine or processes, and the System-of- Systems Approach should be used as part of the IPB process and indoctrinated at the service level.
Download or read book Commander s Handbook for Joint Support to Distributed Forces written by U. S. Joint Command and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a pre-doctrinal non-authoritative document that provides information on how JTF and component headquarters might plan for and provide capabilities to tactical units, principally battalion level and below, when they are employed widely dispersed and outside of mutually supporting range of other ground units. Although focused on ground units, there are significant implications for the air and naval components of the joint force as well. The document serves as a bridge between experimentation and current best practices and the potential incorporation of value-added ideas in joint doctrine, education, and training. This handbook is the result of study, concept development, experimentation, and analysis that began in 2005 when the Marine Corps released a white paper entitled A Concept for Distributed Operations. This concept was intended "...to promote discussion and to generate ideas for specific combat development initiatives" in the context of "...the irregular challenges of Small Wars." It focused on enabling small units to function with greater operational initiative and independence. In response to the concept, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command initiated a number of activities, including limited objective experiments conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. USJFCOM began a study of joint distributed operations (JDO) based on three "warfighter challenges" (Forcible Entry and Distributed Operations, Lift, and Mobility and Sustainment), which the Marine Corps submitted to USJFCOM J9 in 2009 and 2010 in conjunction with USJFCOM's annual Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Campaign Plan. As part of the USJFCOM JDO project, J9 developed an informal Concept for Joint Distributed Operations in November 2009. This concept and previous Marine Corps efforts informed a USJFCOM-led campaign of experimentation conducted in 2009 and 2010 intended to identify capabilities that could contribute to the successful execution of operations by widely dispersed organizations. This handbook identifies various issues and considerations for conducting these operations based on insights from ongoing operations and experimentation results. USJFCOM's Joint Operating Environment (JOE) provides the future environmental context within which to examine these issues and considerations. The JOE states that "The nature of the human condition will guarantee that uncertainty, ambiguity, and surprise will dominate the course of events." It continues with a conclusion that surprise will be inevitable even as joint forces prepare for a wide range of military operations, and that commanders at all levels will face complex, dynamic, and unpredictable situations for which established concepts and doctrine can provide only a solid foundation as a point of departure. This handbook is based on Service and joint lessons learned data; joint, multi-national, and Service doctrine and procedures; training and education material from CAPSTONE, KEYSTONE, and PINNACLE senior executive education programs; joint and Service exercise observations, facilitated after-action reviews and commander's summary reports; related joint concepts and experimentation results; joint exercises and trip reports; and joint publication assessment reports. The handbook also includes the results of a two-year analysis and experimentation effort requested by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and conducted by USJFCOM, with participation by all the Services and many international partners. The experimentation campaign encompassed an analytical wargame, three constructive simulation efforts, a "human-in-the-loop experiment," and focused seminar sessions with retired senior commanders and currently serving officers with recent operational experience. The experimentation effort focused on stressing potential joint solutions in a distinctly different operational environment.
Download or read book Commander s Handbook for Assessment Planning and Execution written by Joint Staff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an understanding of the processes and procedures being employed by joint force commanders and their staffs to plan and execute assessment activities. It provides fundamental principles, techniques, and considerations related to assessment that are being employed in the field and are evolving toward incorporation in joint doctrine. Furthermore, this handbook supplements doctrinal publications by providing detailed guidance to conduct effects assessment, task assessment, and deficiency analysis. Commanders, assisted by their staffs and subordinate commanders, along with interagency and multinational partners and other stakeholders, will continuously assess the operational environment and the progress of the operation toward the desired end state in the time frame desired. Based on their assessment, commanders direct adjustments, thus ensuring the operation remains focused on accomplishing the mission. Assessment is applicable across the range of military operations. It offers perspective and insight, and provides the opportunity for self-correction, adaptation, and thoughtful results-oriented learning. Assessment is a key component of the commander's decision cycle, helping to determine the results of tactical actions in the context of overall mission objectives and providing potential recommendations for the refinement of future plans. Assessments provide the commander with the current state of the operational environment, the progress of the campaign or operation, and recommendations to account for discrepancies between the actual and predicted progress. Commanders then compare the assessment against their vision and intent and adjust operations to ensure objectives are met and the military end state is achieved. First, assessment must determine "where we are." The assessment process must examine the data received and determine, in relation to the desired effects, the current status of the operation and the operational environment. This is the most basic and fundamental question that assessment must answer. The second fundamental issue that assessment must address is "so what and why" (i.e., what does the data mean and what is its significance)? To answer this question, the assessment team will examine the measure of effectiveness indicators, both individually and in relation to each other. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, assessment must begin to address the "what's next?" Assessment must combine the analysis of the "where we are" and the "so what" and develop thoughtful, logical guidance for the command's planning efforts. Assessments are interrelated and interdependent. Although each level of assessment may have a specific focus and a unique battle rhythm, together they form a hierarchical structure in which the conduct of one level of assessment is crucial to the success of the next. Theater strategic and operational-level assessment efforts concentrate on broader tasks, effects, objectives, and progress toward the end state, while tactical-level assessment primarily focuses on task accomplishment. This handbook provides users with a pre-doctrinal reference describing how to conduct assessment execution and planning. Its primary purpose is to improve the US military's assessment process through educating the user on basics, best practices, and processes. This handbook was developed based on observations at combatant commands as well as joint task force staffs. It was developed in close coordination with, and used significant input from, both civilian and military subject matter experts. Assessment is a collaborative effort between the joint force, interagency and multinational partners, and other stakeholders. As such, this handbook addresses the necessity for an inclusive assessment process and effort at every level. It also presents some assessment resources developed by other stakeholders and currently in use throughout the world.
Download or read book Commander s Handbook for Assessment Planning and Execution written by J-7 Joint and Coalition Warfighting Joint Staff, J-7 Joint and Coalition Warfighting and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Joint Staff J-7 continues to interact with the combatant commands and Services, we recognize that there is very little "how to" doctrinal guidance on planning and executing assessments. Consequently, we have developed this pre-doctrinal handbook to help joint force commanders and their staffs understand the scope and importance of assessment and provide information and guidance on its process; best practices; planning, and execution. This handbook was written to provide needed detail to military planners and is based on extensive lessons learned and best practices gained throughout the joint environment. Assessment is a key component of joint operation planning as described in keystone documents in the joint publication series, and outlines the basic process for conducting assessment. However, these joint publications contain considerable top-level discussion of assessment and lack the level of detail needed by staffs tasked to conduct assessment. This handbook describes detailed procedures that can be used to measure progress in achieving desired results. This handbook is descriptive, not prescriptive. It is offered as a practical method for assessing the planning and execution of joint operations. Joint force commander's around the world routinely conduct assessment as a part of their day-to-day battle rhythms, and numerous headquarters have used the procedures described in this handbook during exercises and operations. We hope this handbook stimulates the joint community's thinking about how to address assessments. We encourage you to use the information in this handbook and provide feedback to help us capture value-added ideas for incorporation in emerging joint doctrine, training, and professional military education.
Download or read book Thinking Effects Effects Based Methodology for Joint Operations written by Edward C. Mann III and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms written by United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commander s handbook for joint time sensitive targeting written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook is designed for joint force commanders and their staffs to assist them in rapid target engagement. It is meant to be a resource tool for the joint force commander joint force headquarters and the joint force components. Though consistent with joint and Service doctrine it is not a doctrinal publication. Joint Publication 3-60 Joint Doctrine for Targeting, 17 January 2002 is the authoritative publication and has an appendix for time-sensitive targeting considerations. As we learned from experiences in such locales as Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan our ability to engage time-sensitive targets in a timely efficient and effective manner is a requisite for successful military operations. US forces are faced with an ever-increasing threat from adversaries that pose (or could pose) a direct danger and demand an immediate response. The complexities of engaging time-sensitive targets require joint force commanders and their staffs to fully appreciate the coordination and integration that are required to minimize the chance of fratricide and other collateral effects. This Handbook provides examples from combatant commands and joint task forces to assist in the prosecution of time-sensitive targets.
Download or read book Analysis of the Application of an Effects Based Approach to the Conduct of Joint Close Air Support written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent joint force thinking has espoused effects-based operations (EBO) as an evolutionary, some say revolutionary, approach to warfare. The 2003 Joint Operations Concepts document states, "The Joint Force uses an effects-based approach." With this in mind the primary question is, Can an effects-based approach to the conduct of joint close air support (CAS) improve achievement of the supported ground commander's intent? EBO history and theory are explored as well as the current state of joint CAS doctrine, demonstrating that EBO is conceptually well documented but effects-based ideas are just recently beginning to appear in joint publications. Current CAS doctrine presents the objective-based approach to warfare prevalent in most joint and service publications. Due to the lack of historical examples of effects-based CAS operations, the thesis uses a qualitative comparison of objective- and effects-based CAS to analyze the primary question. The analysis reveals an effects-based approach can improve achievement of the supported ground commander's intent to some degree over the current approach and suggests that EBO is an evolutionary development of objective-based operations that should be formally incorporated into the conduct of joint CAS.
Download or read book The Effects Based Board written by Colin B. Marcum and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inherent difficulty in developing and executing military courses of action to achieve the desired end-state comes from the complexities of the operational environment. Each environment contains within it different initial conditions that affect the nature of military operations with relationships that are as complex as they are numerous. This means that a similar course of action executed in a similar manner in one environment may not produce similar effects in another. This occurs due to the nature of those initial conditions, and how they alter the effects produced within that operational environment. The Effects-Based Board (EBB) seeks to provide clarity to an otherwise convoluted system of relationships by supporting the Combatant Command, and their joint staff, with a board of professional military and civilian personnel whose collective knowledge can help shape course of action development. Subject matter experts and liaisons from the Department of Defense, Department of State, national intelligence agencies, intergovernmental/non-governmental organizations, and foreign nations make up the membership of the board, and through their guidance can shape the development and execution of deliberate and crisis action plans. Identifying the initial conditions, determining the effects of their linkages, and creating courses of action that target those links in order to shape them can, in due course, shape the operational environment towards the desired end-state.
Download or read book Joint Mission Essential Task List JMETL Development Handbook written by United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of JMETL development involves the examination of the missions of a combatant commander, subordinate joint force commander, and functional or Service component commanders in order to establish required warfighting capabilities consisting of joint tasks, conditions, and standards. This handbook is intended to assist the combatant commands describe required capabilities in a form useful in the planning, execution and assessment phases of the joint training system. Further, it should aid resource providers and the Joint Staff in examining and coordinating joint training requirements among a number of combatant commands with diverse missions. The next phase of the joint training system begins with the development of a joint training plan delineating how combatant commanders allocate their joint training resources to meet JMETL requirements.
Download or read book DSCA Handbook written by United States. Department of Defense and published by United States Department of Defense. This book was released on 2010 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-in one resource includes the Tactical Commanders and Staff Toolkit plus the Liaison Officer Toolkit. Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)) enables tactical level Commanders and their Staffs to properly plan and execute assigned DSCA missions for all hazard operations, excluding Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, high yield Explosives (CBRNE) or acts of terrorism. Applies to all United States military forces, including Department of Defense (DOD) components (Active and Reserve forces and National Guard when in Federal Status). This hand-on resource also may be useful information for local and state first responders. Chapter 1 contains background information relative to Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) including legal, doctinal, and policy issues. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the incident management processes including National Response Framework (NRF), National Incident Management Systems (NIMS), and Incident Command System (ICS) as well as Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Chapter 3 discuses the civilian and military responses to natural disaster. Chapter 4 provides a brief overview of Joint Operation Planning Process and mission analyis. Chapter 5 covers Defense Support of Civilian Authorities (DSCA) planning factors for response to all hazard events. Chapter 6 is review of safety and operational composite risk management processes Chapters 7-11 contain Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) and details five natrual hazards/disasters and the pertinent planning factors for each within the scope of DSCA.
Download or read book Handbook for Military Support to Economic Stabilization written by U. S. Joint Command and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook for Military Support to Economic Stabilization provides established and evolving techniques and procedures used by joint force commanders (JFCs) and their staffs in planning, executing, and assessing joint force support to economic stabilization during post-conflict conditions. This handbook's primary purpose is to provide the JFC and staff with a common, practical baseline of "best practices" and inform doctrine writers, educators, and trainers about joint force support to civilian-led economic stabilization. It also may serve as a bridge between current practices in the field and their migration into doctrine. Over the past several decades, the Department of Defense (DOD) has learned many lessons while conducting stability operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Although FM 3-07, Stability Operations, provides a basic foundation for military activities across all five stability operations sectors, there has been little doctrine or guidance published specifically for military support to economic stabilization. Consequently, this handbook is intended to provide more detailed guidance at the operational level on the range of functions required to achieve stability in postconflict situations and to help identify specific economic stabilization-related tasks that may be required of joint forces to support stability operations. It presents commonly used definitions and constructs from the interagency and international communities that have been harmonized with joint doctrine, and discusses those "best practices" that have proven valuable during on-going joint operations, exercises, and experimentation. It stresses the importance of coordination with external organizations, defining supported and supporting roles, and focuses on considering economic factors during planning. While the handbook defines and discusses many potential military roles related to economic stabilization, there is no implication that US forces will automatically undertake any or all of these in a given instance. Rather, the handbook lays out the range of options available to support the process of economic stabilization, and special factors that may need to be taken into account. The information in this handbook also can inform recommendations to higher-level authorities regarding possible economic stabilization activities. As the United States Joint Forces Command continues to interact with the combatant commands, Services, and civilian agencies; we recognize that there is no universal methodology on how military support to economic stabilization is planned and conducted, nor should there be. Because of this realization, this handbook is a documented approach to ensure that commonly accepted, effective, and proven "best practices" are identified and integrated into joint force operations and doctrine.
Download or read book Joint Training Manual for the Armed Forces of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Strategy Joint Operations and Airpower written by Ryan Burke and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower introduces contemporary strategy at the operational level of war. Developed as foundational reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, this textbook is designed to close the gap between military theory and practice.
Download or read book Thinking Effects written by Edward C. Mann and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What it Takes written by Michael Spirtas and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When appropriate, the U.S. Air Force needs to be prepared to supply joint task force (JTF) headquarters. If the U.S. Air Force takes the steps necessary to produce JTF-capable units, both the service and the nation would benefit. The authors consider the nature of JTF command, survey command-related developments in other services and in other elements of the defense community, and examine four JTF operations. They raise issues for the Air Force to consider and offer a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing the Air Force's ability to staff and run JTF headquarters."--Provided by publisher.
