Subject: The land domain will remain the decisive domain through which to achieve U.S. national interests.
1. Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to support the conclusions of the Army Chief of Staff, Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commander of US Special Operations Command that the land domain will remain the decisive domain through which to achieve U.S. national interests
2. Key Points.
a. The land domain is the central hub through which all current domains (maritime, air, space, and cyberspace) as well as the newly proposed human domain derive their power to influence and achieve effects.
b. The land domain is the only domain where a state can achieve complete victory in a war
c. The U.S. is facing a future of irregular warfare conflict where victory comes through by controlling and influencing the population via the land domain.
3. Discussion.
a. The land domain links each of the other domains and is the medium through which they exert their effects. While modern maritime power has the ability to resupply and remain at sea for long periods of time, logistical resupply and repairs originate through the land domain bases. Air power and space power also rely on the land domain for their origin, basing, logistics and repair. Cyberspace requires physical connections and nodes, which exist on the land domain in order to function as a domain. Finally, the human population lives only in land domain. While each of these domains shares an important role in the achievement of U.S. national interests, only one, the land domain, is critical to the existence and influence of each of the other domains.
b. Renowned military strategist, Colin S. Gray stated definitively “the strength of land warfare lies in its ability to...
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...mains would fail to exist. Critical to advancing U.S. national interests is the ability to “achieve decision”, which is done solely through the land domain. Finally, irregular warfare is the most likely method of future conflict faced by the U.S. and control and influence of populations within the land domain is the only way to achieve victory. Therefore, it is clear that the land domain continues to remain front and center to the pursuit of U.S. national interests. Due to the recognized vital importance of the of the land domain, I recommend that the Army Chief of Staff, Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commander of US Special Operations Command synchronize and implement strategic communications to ensure political and budgetary decision-makers are fully aware of the critical role that the land domain continues to play with regard to our national interests.
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