Download or read book Incorporating Effects Based Operations Into Military Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the activities accomplished by DMM Ventures Inc. under the Air Force Research lab Effectsbased Operations Advanced Technology Demonstration (EBO ATD). The effort focused on researching and analyzing improved operational concepts, processes and techniques for an effects-based approach to conducting military operations. The contractor developed in EBO concept of operations, and experimentation scenario (Operation Deny Force) that included data and plan elements, and various supporting materials dealing with Information Operations and coalition operations as they relate to EBO.

Download or read book Is that in the Bible written by Charles Francis Potter and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 RMA to ONA the Saga of an Effects Based Operation written by Charles M. Kyle and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-22 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the air campaign that began Operation Desert Storm, the US Air Force sought to measure US success in the military-technical and organizational innovation that occurred during the Gulf War and its impact on the future evolution of military art. From the perspective of the Air Force, the success of the war was based on planning and execution by the US air and naval strike forces during the initial aero-space operation, which set the stage for follow-on air-ground operations. These operations culminated in the defeat of Iraqi forces in theater and the liberation of Kuwait with few allied casualties. This success attracted considerable attention within the US Air Force and led to the reorganization of US Airpower for the Post-Cold War environment, which was characterized by local conflicts and Operations Other Than War. This success led the US Air Force submit this concept as the “centerpiece” for its input to the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2001. Air power theorists promoted this emerging concept as Effects-Based Operations (EBO). EBO emphasized that the goal of any conflict was to cause the adversary to act in accordance with US national interests, and that this could be achieved by the application of superior technology, against selected targets, to cause an effect. Though this was not a new concept, EBO was a new means to apply force in military operations. Over the past decade there has been confusion on what is EBO, its capabilities and necessity. So where does all the confusion come from? Is contention by the service components regarding EBO just petty semantics or obstructionist in-fighting over a “rice bowl”? The divisive interservice politics of EBO is utilized to illuminate certain issues but will not be researched and discussed in great detail for this monograph. It is unlikely that the Army will incorporate the term “EBO”, but apparently, effects-based approaches have been, and will continue to be, intertwined within doctrine and tactics for the foreseeable future. Army reticence to adopt even the word “EBO” or embrace it's principles begs the following question: “So what if we don't understand the theory, origins or the actual process, if the Army is implementing portions of EBO effectively, is that not success?” More than tacit incorporation of EBO may be needed, however, given the merits of EBO as a conceptual framework. At the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, there is a push to rethink the way the Army makes decisions, postulating that a greater understanding of the environment and a complete understanding of the actual “problem” is necessary. This ability to gain a systemic understanding of the environment and developing a theory of action to inform a planning process is encapsulated in the “Art of Design,” in which concepts of iterative learning and complex problems are introduced. Although the actual label of EBO may not be incorporated, the concepts and terminology may complement this emergent doctrine. There is confusion and opposition to incorporating an effects based approach into Joint and Army planning doctrine that may be a result of resistance to ideas and concepts associated with, but not part of EBO. For example the Revolution in Military Affairs and the Air Force's interest in understanding the enemy as a system, vulnerable to the employment of precision weapons and discriminate air attack alone are highly controversial and often incorrectly, and unfairly associated with EBO. It is the merits of EBO, not related arguments postulated by EBO proponents that are considered in this monograph.

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 Analysis of Effects Based Operations The Road Ahead to Doing Business Differently written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, a significant amount of discussion in the United States Air Force centers on Effects-Based Operations (EBO) as the new way to fight. This debate ranges from Military Operations Research Society (MORS) workshops sponsored by senior civilian and military leaders to articles and booklets written by USAF general officers. This paper will provide a definition and brief discussion of EBO before focusing on its main area EBO Wargaming, Experimentation, and Exercises. The EBO in Wargaming, Experimentation, and Exercises section of the will address EBO as a concept and process and finally a concept of operations (CONOPS). In addition, it will explore an experimentation strategy for determining the "good" and "bad" aspects of EBO and how to logically progress from Wargames through Experiments to Exercises. In an effort to map the road ahead for analysis of EBO, the paper will address four questions: 1) How are Effect-Based Operations currently analyzed and/or characterized in wargames, experiments, and exercises? 2) What are the indicators of success for Effects-Based Operations in wargames, experiments, and exercises? 3) What tools and techniques are available to analyze and measure the indicators of success and do any shortfalls exist in this set of tools and techniques? 4) What can be done to improve the analysts of Effects-Based Operations? This paper will conclude by highlighting on-going efforts to incorporate and implement Effects-Based Operations in future wargames, experiments, and excises and potential impacts on doctrine, organization, training, and leadership.

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 Effects Based Operations written by Edward Allen Smith and published by Dod-Ccrp. This book was released on 2002 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 fundamentally changed our security environment. The system of strategic deterrence in place since the beginning of the Cold War visibly collapsed. Now we are trying to fashion a new strategic deterrence that relies not so much on retaliation as on prevention, either stopping the terrorists outright, deterring the sponsors, or convincing them that terror cannot succeed. To help us deal with the pressing problems of the post-September 11th world, we have three ongoing technological revolutions in sensors, information technology, and weapons. These technologies can enable us to think differently about how we organize and fight. Indeed, this is what network-centric operations are about. Their true impact derives from how they are applied. Narrowly applied, they would produce more efficient attrition, yet they clearly can do much more. The concept of effects-based operations is the key to this broader role. It enables us to apply the power of the network-centric operations to the human dimension of war and to military operations across the spectrum of conflict from peace, to crisis, to war, which a new strategic deterrence demands. The broad utility of effects-based operations grows from the fact that they are focused on actions and their links to behavior, on stimulus and response, rather than on targets and damage infliction. They are applicable not only to traditional warfare, but also to military operations short of combat. Effects-based operations are coordinated sets of actions directed at shaping the behavior of friends, foes, and neutrals in peace, crisis, and war. In brief, network-centric operations are indeed a means to an end, and effects-based operations are that end.

Download or read book Effects based Operations written by Allen W. Batschelet and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects Based Command and Control An Alternative Organizational Structure for the Joint Force Commander written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States military is in a period of transformation and is consequently conducting significant research, analysis, and experimentation to determine the nature of future warfare and its required joint force capabilities. U.S. Joint Forces Command, the lead military organization tasked with exploring military transformation and experimentation has proposed that joint and combined operations in the 21st century will be characterized by a concept known as Rapid Decisive Operations (RDO). As part of the research and analysis of the RDO concept, exploration into the ways in which the Joint Force Commander (JFC) will need to organize their command and control (C2) architecture to match the future war fighting environment is occurring. Based on initial evidence, it appears that the current C2 architecture and "ad hoc" nature of JFC's headquarters structure will not adequately support the RDO concept. An entirely new approach to organizing the JFC C2 architecture is needed in order to more efficiently and effectively plan and execute an effects-based campaign; thereby fully capitalizing on the speed and agility envisioned RDO. This paper proposes that an Effects-Based Command and Control architecture may be the answer. An Effects-Based Command and Control architecture is primarily based on the ability to plan, coordinate, and execute an effects-based campaign; taking into consideration all elements of national power in order to counter the adversary. This conceptual C2 architecture leverages and incorporates the interrelated concepts of RDO, effects-based campaigning, effects-based operations, the Standing Joint Force headquarters organization, and joint tactical groups/joint tactical actions into one complete C2 structure for the JFC.

Download or read book Learning Large Lessons written by David Eugene Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post-Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). Because joint doctrine frequently reflects a consensus view rather than a truly integrated joint perspective, the author recommends that joint doctrine-and the processes by which it is derived and promulgated-be overhauled. The author also recommends reform for the services beyond major operations and campaigns to ensure that the United States attains its strategic objectives. This executive summary contains an abbreviated discussion of four of the cases examined: Iraq (1991), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). It also incorporates modest changes from the larger monograph, based on suggestions made to the author since its publication.

Download or read book Synchronization of Air Power Effects Coming Full Circle Following A Century of Powered Flight written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synchronization of Air Power Effects--coming Full Circle Following A Century of Powered Flight presents two operational constructs for air campaign planners. There's been much rhetoric recently on effects-based operations. However, doctrine does not capture sufficiently all the complexities of effects-based operations. Moreover, many believe we have planned using effects-based operations. A perspective on both the Gulf War and Kosovo show that we're just beginning to understand how to do effects-based operations, but we haven't actually exploited its capabilities yet. Effects-based operations incorporates systems analysis, presently done exceptionally well at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center and goes further by predicting second through fourth order indirect effects of lethal and non-lethal operations. It reinforces the need for understanding of levels of war by planners and Combat Assessment personnel, to facilitate moving the correct information in ever-tightening decision cycles. This paper summarizes air power theory, reviews what effects-based operations mean and present the constructs Effects Wheel and Effects Vine as tools for planners, executors, and CA personnel to exploit effects-based operations in future planning efforts.

Download or read book Technology and Command written by William B. McClure and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The introduction of advanced technologies into the military, which is known as the "revolution in military affairs," is producing an opportunity for significant changes in the American military's paradigm for command and control. The future battlespace will require commanders to operate more efficiently and at a higher operations tempo, so that commanders will be able to use the advantages of dominant battlespace awareness to enhance what is known as "command-by-intent." But the more likely outcome is a return tocommand-by-direction. A potential consequence of this change is that significant command functions will be made by machines that act, not as an assistant, but as the decision maker and executor -- which is known as the machine commander. However, the current U.S. military doctrine is inconsistent about the admissibility of such an entity, even though technological developments are on the threshold of delivering the components for constructing the first-generation machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the traditional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the tradiitional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. While resistance to this technology is expected, this is the proper time to examine the implications of a machine commander for military operations in the future."--Abstract

Download or read book New Effects Based Operations Models in War Games written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a dozen years most components of the Department of Defense (DoD) have been exploring the means for incorporating effects based thinking into their planning, execution, and assessment activities of the command and control process. Over the same period of time effects based tools that support the development of analytical models relating actions to effects have been developed by the research and development (R & D) community. Researchers from George Mason University (GMU) have used these tools in several war games and have evolved new modeling techniques and uses for these tools. This paper describes how the models were developed and used in these war games. Furthermore, it suggests how the modeling techniques could be better incorporated into the effects-based operations (EBO) planning and execution processes in the future. The authors believe that the lessons learned from the war gaming experience can provide guidance to the further development of tools to support effects based operations, the procedures for incorporating these effects-based concepts into the command and control processes, and provide examples to support the education of the forces in effects based thinking.

Download or read book Effects Based Operations a New Way of Thinking and Fighting written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyzes Effects-Based Operations as the most effective way to frame future joint operations in a complex, uncertain environment. This new complex and uncertain environment is characterized by adversaries who have increasingly more access to weapons of Mass Destruction/Effects and whose actions will likely be very unpredictable, and could directly threaten the American homeland. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld stated that, "such new, unexpected and dangerous adversaries must be dissuaded, deterred, and defeated without undue cost to American interests abroad or attacks on the U.S. homeland." In a speech presented March 2002, on transformation he stated that what is needed now at the threshold of the 21st Century is a "new way of thinking and a new way of fighting." The Joint Forces Command has adopted and continues to evolve the concept of EBO within a Joint warfighting construct to answer in part to both challenges. This paper determined that EBO shows great promise as a broad organizing approach to future warfare but has significant obstacles to overcome to be successfully integrated into a new Joint warfighting construct. EBO has been unfairly scrutinized due service centric views and rivalries. These service centric views must be overcome to ensure joint procurement of compatible C4ISR systems, the development of effective war gaming or modeling tools, and the requirement for the integration of joint, hard realistic training. EBO should provide the framework for service doctrine to expand ensuring a synergy between elements of national power, capabilities of each service, domains in which each service operates and the process of thinking and conducting future warfare.

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 Effects based Decision Making in the War on Terror written by Robert K. Umstead and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: