Operational Environment Flashcards
The set of global conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of all elements of US national power is called ___
The Strategic Environment (SE)
SE
Strategic Environment
OE
Operational Environment
A composite of conditions, circumstances and influences that affect the employment of military forces and bear on the decisions of the unit commander is the ___
Operational Environment (OE)
The ___ contains multiple potential ___
SE, OEs
What 5 Characteristics of the future OE are likely to have significant impact on land force operations?
- Increased velocity and momentum of human interaction and events- internet, wars are speeding up
- Potential for overmatch- large gap in technology
- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-CBRNE
- Spread of advanced cyberspace and counter-space capabilities
- Demographics and operations among populations, in cities and in complex terrain- enemy prefers urban area
The compilation of things that require management in any OE is called the ___
Operational Variables
What acronym is used for OE Variables?
PMESII-PT (PePSI-TIME)
What is PMESII-PT
Political- includes terrorists
Military- manpower, equipment, doctrine
Economic- wealth inequality?
Social- religion, culture, standard of living
Information- media, internet
Infrastructure- needed for functioning society
Physical Environment- terrain, urban features, weather
Time- decision cycles, operational tempo, length at war
Similar to the Societal OE ___ is the shared values, beliefs, behaviors and artifacts members of a society use to cope with their physical and social environments.
Culture
A ___ refers to a combination of attributes or advantages which make a given force more effective than another force of comparable size.
Force multiplier
3 types of Actors in the OE
- State actors- political unit
- Non-state actors- insurgents, terrorists
- Third-party actors- can be hostile
4 types of State Actors in the OE
- Core state- half the countries, democratic, free market
- Transition states- China, India and Russia
- Rogue states- hostile, Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea
- Failed state- can’t support population, Haiti, Somalia
4 types of Third-party actors
- Humanitarian Relief Organizations (HRO)
- News Media
- Transnational Corporations- protect their interests
- Private Security Organizations (PSO)- can be ex-military
A __ is an individual engaged in fighting during a war or military conflict while a ___ is an individual in an area of combat operations who is is not armed and is not participating in any activity in support of any forces or factions involved in combat
combatant, noncombatant