approved instruments of military planning in order to determine the feasibility and validity of military options and plans. Traditionally wargaming was conducted by exposing Blue military options to the challenges of Red Team’s counter-actions just using people’s brain, pen and paper. Today, the complexity of the battlefield has experienced significant increases due to the challenges of asymmetric menaces after the end of the Cold War. The concept of Effects-Based Operations (EBO) tries to embrace
forgot what I have been through, it made me strong to stand against any difficulty the life will put on my way. After my military service I was looking for a job, I worked and I saved enough money for a trip that every discharged soldier get to do once in a lifetime. I decided to get to America and see what the world has to offer, I never went out of Israel, and after the military service it was the first time I flew to another country. America met all my expectations and I did love every minute of
Nations was established as a means of preserving global peace after the Second World War. Launching with 51 member states the organizations began on a healthy platform with the United States having an active role in its promotion of international co-operation. However, during the cold war the organization began to experience a plethora of new challenges which primarily involved armed conflicts throughout the world. It soon became apparent that to maintain the peace and effectively deal with dangerous
ethnic and sectarian state of violence with relentless failure to alleviate the sadistic turmoil civilians are forced to endure daily. Consequently, the United Nations has initiated the deployment of foreign troops in April 2014 with a peacekeeping operation mandate, The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilized Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), in efforts to help stabilize the country once again. Concerned with the security, humanitarian needs, human rights and the political
Military operations are often very unpredictable with various degree of uncertainty. They are usually complex in design, involving multilayers planning and preparation with various level of authority. Understand this difficult the army use MDMP, military decision making process, in its planning and preparation for any military operation/mission. In this paper the author will explain the MDMP, describe what occurs in the seven steps of the MDMP, the important of understand it process, how is time
Operation Northwoods was perhaps known to be a false flag used to help the U.S. get the power they wanted from different counties. Although the year of 1962 seemed to busy, on March 10 Lincoln E. Bloomfield of MIT submitted a report entitled “A World Effectively controlled by the United Nations: A preliminary study of one form of a Stable Military Environment.” General Lyman Louis Lemnitzer, a chairman of the joint chiefs, filed and said that “Operation Northwoods,” was intended to create “pretexts
The U.S been a part of multiple Mexican operations and has even established their own and although Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared the War on Drugs, it is obvious that the U.S is very involved in the war as well. For example in 2009 under the Obama administration an important operation took place known as Fast and Furious. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabaco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and other partners permitted the sales of illegal weapons that were believed to be destined for Mexican
the viability of the region through the peaceful operation of the canal, the United States stepped-in to intervene once again. Operation JUST CAUSE was born and has become one of the shortest, successful, yet complicated conflicts in United Stated history. During the 24-hour conflict, it was the significant amount of organization, planning and swift execution between Joint Operations that eradicated Panama from their ruthless leader Noriega. Operation JUST CAUSE was a conflict that ensued between
elements of military end state, objectives, and center of gravity (COG), work together to help develop a compelling planning framework by providing the focus of effort towards desired political ends, in which the plan works to achieve. United States (U.S.) historical examples from World War II (WWII) to Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom
Eisenhower’s Impacts on the U.S. Military Dwight Eisenhower is well known for his military and political accomplishments. He set a precedent for military coordination, planning, and risk management on a large scale. Many know of Eisenhower for his success during WWII. After a successful military career, he later became the president of the United States during the cold war era. As a president, he adopted new policies and concepts to try to achieve peace with minimal use of military forces. Dwight Eisenhower
information on foreign military, economic and political activities. It also conducts covert political operations against governments to promote national security. The Central Intelligence Agency became incredibly active during the Cold War, which was mostly an intelligence war. During the years 1961 and 1963, the Central Intelligence Agency took many actions in attempt to fight communism and resolve the Cold War under Kennedy’s presidency. The C.I.A. has been in operation since the years of George
PMESII-PT (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical Environment, Time) assist planners with organizing the amount of information received during plan development so as not to destabilize other aspects of the operational environment (OE). Planners use the eight interrelated operational variables and their sub variables to scrutinize the operational environment, for a thorough analysis of the population, the insurgency, and the counterinsurgent. Additionally, it
Combatant Commanders (CCDRs) exercise command authority over assigned forces and given geographical area of responsibilities (AOR) in accordance with Unified Command Plan (UCP), and they are responsible to the President and SecDef for preparedness of their commands and performance of assigned missions. Today’s world is complex and it has been changing in many ways and with globalization these changes are faster and grooving in complexity. Globalization and constant competition for resources along
Abstract In this paper, I will review and analyze a case study on an operation that took place in March of 2002, titled “Operation Anaconda”. The case study was written by Richard Kulger. The operation utilized a collaboration of multi-national elements which comprised of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF), other U.S. military units, friendly Afghan troops (mainly consisted of Pushtun militia), and SOF units from other nations to rid the Shahikot Valley of the Taliban and al Queda in the valley
environment at the conclusion of operations to visualize how to solve the problem. Defining the problem begins with understanding how the actors are inclined to act and how the actors could interact. It also identifies tensions of the current conditions and the end-state. The problem statement explains how the operational variables will resist change and how areas of action can transform existing conditions to the desired end-state. In November of 2001, Donald Rumsfeld directed a plan that would forcibly remove
having dreams is a pivotal point in which I must decide on what I want to do upon retirement form the military. Having skills of a Soldier and those of a maintenance technician are skills and attributes that collate with the civilian sector. In this paper, I look to find what it is that I want to accomplish after retirement and my skill set that I bring to the civilian sector. My career plan will be to set realistic goals set around where I want to live and the job opportunities that are present
were the first in aerial combat by women in each service of the military. At this time the Air Force had 350 women serving among its 13,000 aviators (Sisk, 1998). Air Force women also served in the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2014, and in the Iraq War from 2003 until 2011. Out of the 1.6 million service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 200,000 were women. Women represented 11% of the forces deployed in operations in the two countries. These wars were among the first to allow women
our enemy to do our will.” The nature of war is enduring yet the character of war changes over time. Current US strategic guidance is advancing the point of view that since the character of war has changed to focus on irregular wars then the US military should prepare for a future of irregular wars. This shift in focus forgets that the nature of war is enduring and in order to be successful, we must prepare for all types of conflict. This paper will define the types of conflict and the likelihood
Operation Just Cause lasted a little more than a month and would be noted as being one of the shortest armed conflicts the United States would ever be involved in. Broken communications came from the U.S. employing individuals who resided in Panama. These individuals would work with the U.S. Government to help provide information on neighboring countries that the United States was having issues with. The use of paid informants has been used for a long time by the United States. The technique of
a broad sense, the Warrior Ethos is a way of life that applies to our personal and professional lives. It makes us better people in general. b. The Soldiers of the 201st Regiment must meet standards in personal appearance, physical fitness, and military discipline/courtesy. Soldiers will display Army Values in their actions at all times: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. c. As a learning institution, we must set the standards as leaders. In accordance