C200 Flashcards
What are the LEVELS OF WAR
Strategic,
Operational, and Tactical
Who signs the Unified Command Plan
UCP is signed by the President
What are some systems perspectives
PMESII RAFT ASCOPE JIPOE JPP OPDesign ADM MDMP
we use systems perspective to assist the Commander to
Visualize, and Describe
the Current Environment and
Path to the Future Desired
Environment.
what does Jus ad Bellum
Justice in Going to War
what are the reasons for Jus ad Bellum
Just cause
Legitimate Authority
Right Intention, Probability of Success
Last Resort, Proportionality
what does Jus in Bello mean
Just Conduct in War OR law of war
what is Jus in Bello
How the war is actually conducted
Why is the just conduct of war important to a combatant commander?
Just War concepts translate into the Law of Armed Conflict
which informs the Rules of Engagement
COCOM and CCDR are acronyms for _______________ and _________________.
Combatant Command and Combatant Commander
The _____________________ level of war links strategy and tactics to achieve military end states and strategic objectives?
Operational
A Unified Commander is also more commonly known as a _________________ Commander and is also known as a Joint Force Commander (JFC). GCC and FCC are acronyms for _________________ and _________________.
Combatant
Geographic Combatant Commander
Functional Combatant Commander
In Joint doctrine what framework is used to describe or gain an understanding of the Operational Environment?
PMESII
What Is A Campaign?
A Campaign is a series of related military operations aimed at accomplishing strategic or operational objectives within a given time and space. … [Campaigns]exceed the scope [time and space] of a single major operation.
What Is A Major Operation
Major Operation. A series of tactical actions conducted by combat forces of a single or several services, coordinated in time and space, to achieve strategic or operational objectives in an operational area. These actions are conducted simultaneously or sequentially in accordance with a common plan and are controlled by a single commander
Operational Approach
Objectives Effects Center of Gravity* Decisive Points LOO/LOE Direct/Indirect Approach Anticipation Operational Reach Culmination Arranging Operations Forces and Functions
ADRP 3-0 Elements of Operational art
End State and Conditions Center of Gravity Decisive Points Lines of Operations/Effort Operational Reach Basing Tempo Phasing and Transitions Culmination Risk
Elements of Operational Design JP 5-0
Termination Military End State Objectives Effects Center of Gravity Decisive Points Lines of Operation/Effort Direct and Indirect Approaches Anticipation Operational Reach Culmination Arranging Operations Forces and Functions (Enemy)
Termination Criteria
The specified standards approved by the President and or the Secretary of Defense that must be met before a joint operations can be concluded. (JP 1-02)
Typically developed and recommended by the JFC
National Strategic End State
The President and Sec Def typically will establish a set of national strategic objectives. Achievement of these objectives should result in attainment of the national strategic end state — the broadly expressed conditions that should exist after the conclusion of a campaign or operation.
Military End State
is the set of required conditions that defines achievement of all military objectives. It normally represents a point in time and/or circumstances beyond which the President does not require the military instrument of national power as the primary means to achieve remaining national objectives.
Objectives
A clearly defined, decisive, and attainable goal toward which every military operation should be directed.
Objectives prescribe friendly goals.
Objectives describe what must be achieved to reach the end state (conditions).
Design effect
is a physical and/or behavioral state of a system that results from an action, a set of actions, or another effect.
Design Element: Center of Gravity
A CoG is a source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action or will to act. (JP 5-0)
Always linked to the objective / desired end state
CoGs only exist in an adversarial context
CoGs are only found in cohesive, “unified” systems
At the strategic level COG
a CoG could be a military force, an alliance, political or military leaders, a set of critical capabilities or functions, or national will.
At the operational level a CoG
often is associated with the adversary’s military capabilities — such as a powerful element of the armed forces — but could include other capabilities in the operational environment.
COG ENDS
The goal or objectives
COG ways
actions expressed as a verb it is a critical capability
COG Means
Resources and requirements
Critical Capabilities of COG
are the primary abilities essential to the accomplishment of the objective
Critical Requirements of COG
are essential conditions, resources and means the COG requires to perform the critical capability.
Critical Vulnerability of COG
are those aspects or components of critical requirements that are deficient or vulnerable to direct or indirect attack in a manner achieving decisive or significant results.
Decisive Point in relationship with the COG
a geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon, allows a commander to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contributes materially to achieving success
is a decisive point a COG?
no, they are the keys to attacking or protecting them
Line of Operation
Connects a series of decisive points over time that lead to control of a geographic objective.
Connects a force from its base of operations to its objective(s) when positional reference to the enemy is a factor (interior/exterior orientation)
A campaign or major operation may have a single or multiple physical lines of operation. LOOs typically use Defeat Mechanisms to describe effects along the LOOs
Line of Effort
Links multiple tasks and missions with the logic of purpose. Typically uses Stability Mechanisms along LOEs
Enables visualization and description of the operation when positional reference to the enemy has less relevance.
Help JFCs visualize how military means can support non-military instruments of national power and vice versa.
can LOE and LOO can be combined ?
Yes
Simultaneity (arranging operations)
application military and non-military power against enemy sources of strength (direct/indirect; forces/functions) and simultaneous operations at the strategic, operational and tactical levels creating simultaneous time & space dilemmas for enemy commanders, political leaders, and tactical forces (massing in time/space; Shock and Awe) that result in adversarial loss of cohesion
Depth (arranging operations)
seeks to overwhelm the enemy throughout the operating area (diverting/dislocating enemy mass in time/space) that result in disruption of an adversarial cohesive strategy
Timing (arranging operations)
maintain freedom of action for friendly strategies: dominate the action, remain unpredictable, operate beyond capabilities of adversary…related to tempo, culmination, operational reach, anticipation
Tempo (arranging operations)
pace operations to your advantage: control operational timing to maintain the initiative (OODA LOOP
Branch (arranging operations)
A contingency option built into the basic plan used for changing the mission, orientation, or direction of movement of a force to aid success of the operation based on anticipated events, opportunities, or disruptions caused by enemy actions and reactions. It answers the question,
Sequel (arranging operations)
The subsequent major operation or phase based on the anticipated possible outcomes (success, stalemate, or defeat) of the current major operation or phase. It answers the question
Who story is the operational approach
the Commander
what are the Joint Operation Planning Process steps
- Initiation
- Mission Analysis
- Course of Action Development (COA)
- COA Analysis and wargaming
- COA Comparison
- COA approval
- plan or order development
what are the steps for the military decision making process
- l receipt of mission
- mission analysis
- COA development
- COA analysis (war-game)
- COA comparison
- COA approval
- order production
what is the difference between JPP and MDMP
JPP is at Macro view with a blank sheet and figures out what must be done and MDMP begins with a clear mission statement from higher
what is the difference between JPP and MDMP in wargaming
MDMP is interested in all the details and gets into the weed of everything
JPP looks at the critical times or events
