Question 1: Based upon the accompanying INTSUM, OPREP-3, and Warning Order for the Bangladesh scenario provide a Combatant Commander’s revised mission statement. Ensure that this statement includes the elements of “who, what, when, and why”. (10 points)
When directed, USPACOM will conduct Foreign Humanitarian Assistance in concert with coalition partners in support of USAID and the Government of Bangladesh to mitigate near term human suffering and accelerate recovery associated with Cyclone Janari. On order, USPACOM will establish and deploy forces to forward operating bases to alleviate suffering in the devastated areas [CMS, pg 216].
Question 2: The commander’s intent identifies the purpose of the campaign, the end state, and defines operational risk. Based upon the INSTUM, OPREP-3 and Warning Order provide the Combatant Commander’s initial intent. (10 points)
Purpose: The purpose of Foreign Humanitarian Assistance is to provide mobility and logistics support capabilities to enhance host nation efforts in response to the Cyclone Janari crisis. Close coordination with other international military forces, DOS/USAID, US Embassy, NGOs, PVOs, and the Bangladesh government will facilitate operations and eliminate duplications of efforts [DoD, pg 152].
End state: At the end state of this operation, success will be defined as a minimized loss of life and human suffering of displaced persons, the scope of the crisis no longer exceeds the capacity of NGOs, PVOs, and the Government of Bangladesh; and all US personnel are redeployed to home station [DoD, pg 152].
Operation Risk: Military personnel involved may experience stress and anxiety due to the number of mass fatalities. Medical Combat and Operational Stress Cont...
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Cyberspace is utilized to support communication and information sharing between all branches of the military during military operations [Lesson 8, pg 519]. In order to support the full range of military operations in the future, the DoD must continue to develop and retain a highly qualified cyber workforce (Lesson 8, pg 526]
To help support the full range of military operations in the future, the DoD must continue to secure the ‘.mil’ domain and continue to detect, deter, and deny attempts to hack mission critical systems [NMS, pg 25].
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...he desired end state, describe the end state to one’s subordinates, direct forces throughout the battlefield, lead one’s unit to victory, and continuously assess and direct the situation. COL Freemans’ successfully executed these steps during the operations process which resulted in his successful execution of mission command.
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For outstanding meritorious achievement while serving as Lead Network Warfare Operator, 701 Combat Mission Team, Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group, U. S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command from June 2013 to January 2018. Throughout this period, Staff Sergeant Montano made significant and long-lasting contributions to the Marine Corps, United States Cyber Command, and the Department of Defense. Staff Sergeant Montano was the key leader and intelligence professional who guaranteed success in the fight against an extremist target set and made the Marine Corps first to fight in the cyberspace domain. Staff Sergeant Montano's exceptional efforts directly led to historic Department of Defense-level successes and national level policy development.
“Operational design is a journey of discovery, not a destination.” Operational design provides a framework, with the guidance of the Joint Force Commander (JFC), that staffs and planning groups can use to give political leaders, commanders, and warfighters a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the problems and objectives for which military forces will be committed, or are planned to be committed. Furthermore, operational design supports commanders and planners to make sense of complicated operational environments (often with ill-structured or wicked problems), helps to analyze wicked problem, and devise an operational approach to solve the problem in the context of the operational environment.
Receipt of mission. In this stage, the commander receives an order for the mission to be carried out. The military staff then embarks on the data collection and information gathering that is necessary and relevant to conduct mission analysis. A timeline is then established, and the battalion commander issues guidelines that focus on the initial CCIR.
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United States Executive Office of the President. (2009). Cyber space policy review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure. (pp. 1-38). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Cyberspace_Policy_Review_final.pdf
Many countries have already embraced the power of cyber space. “In Japan, a new strategy has been put forward that includes the use of cyber space in defense policy and military doctrine” (Olender 1). The strange thing about cyber warfare is that the larger and more advanced countries are the countries that are most at risk. Those countries, such as the United States, have become so dependent on technology that if they were attacked, they would have the most to lose. Works Cited Crowther, G. Alexander, and Shaheen Ghori.