Operational Environment Flashcards
Strategic Environment
the global environment in which the US President employs all the elements of national power (diplomatic informational, military, and economic).
Operational Environment
a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander (JP 3-0). (All of the conditions and influences that affect where soldiers will live, work, train, and fight)
Operational Variables
PMESII-PT
Political, Military, Economics, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical Environment, Time (PMESII-PT)
Four trends likely to impact land forces in future OE environments
That is connected through social media
Economic disparities are growing between and within nations and regions
With competition for natural resources, especially water, becoming
more common;
Geopolitical challenges to the post-Cold War U.S.-led global system
Multi-domain warfare includes
Air, Land, Maritime, Space, and Cyberspace
Also includes the information environment (which includes cyberspace); the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), and other factors.
Cultural Impact in the OE reveals
what and why
Socio-Cultural Understanding
Reflected in the discernment of societal Values, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Norms (VBBN)
State Actors
Nation States (commonly referred to as countries)
2+3 Threat:
(2) Russia, China
(3) North Korea, Iran, Radical Ideologues and Transnational Criminal Organizations
Non-State Rogue Actors
Terrorists, Insurgents, Drug-Traffickers, and Criminals
Non-State Actors / 3rd Party
Humanitarian Relief Organizations, Media, Transnational Corporations, and Private Security Organizations
Combatant
Are individuals authorized by government authority to engage in hostilities during a conflict
Noncombatant
an individual, in an area of combat operations, who is not armed and is not participating in any activity in support of any of the factions or forces involved in combat
Hybrid Threat
diverse and dynamic combinations of two or more regular and/or irregular forces (either conventional or unconventional), or criminal elements that are distinctly different in nature, but unified in purpose or effect. (Two or more distinctly different potential enemies join together to fight the United States.)
