War A state of open armed often prolonged conflict carried on between nations states or parties American Heritage Dictionary ID: 689536
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Slide1
The Language
of the
Military ProfessionSlide2
War . . .“A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.”
American Heritage DictionarySlide3
War . . .“. . . is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterized
by extreme violence, social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities, and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace.
“While
some scholars see warfare as an inescapable and integral aspect of human nature, others argue that it is only inevitable under certain socio-cultural or ecological
circumstances . . .”
WikipediaSlide4
“International Terrorism”18 U.S. Code § 2331 - DefinitionsThe
term “international terrorism” means activities
that
involve
violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
appear
to be
intended
to
intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
to
influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
to
affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; Slide5
Threads of Continuity
Audiences
(Practitioners)
Academic community
History “Buffs”
Professional SoldiersSlide6
Levels of Military Operations
Strategic
Operational
TacticalSlide7
Strategy (Strategic)Strategy
is the level of war at which
a nation or group of nations determines
national or alliance security objectives
and develops and uses national resources to accomplish those objectives.Slide8
Operations (Operational)
Operations
involve the
planning, conduct, and sustainment of campaigns
designed to accomplish strategic goals within a specific theater of war.Slide9
Tactics (Tactical)
Tactics
are the specific techniques that smaller units use to
win battles and engagements
.Slide10
The “Framework” of WarStrategic Level
National or Alliance security objectives
Operational Level
Conduct, and sustainment of campaigns
Tactical Level
Fighting battles and engagementsSlide11
Strategy=War
Operations=Campaign
Tactics=Battle
Military OperationsSlide12
An operation conducted by forces of
two or more allied nations
acting together for the accomplishment of a single mission.
(i.e., “international”)
Combined OperationsSlide13
A force of assigned or attached elements of
two or more services
and constituted by appropriate authority for a specific or limited purpose or missions of short duration.
(i.e., “interservice”)
JointSlide14
National Military StrategyStrategy of Attrition/Exhaustion: A strategy which seeks the
gradual erosion
of the combat power of the enemy’s armed forces and/or the enemy’s will or non-military means to resist.
Strategy
of Annihilation/Incapacitation:
A strategy which seeks the immediate destruction of the combat power of the enemy’s armed forces. Slide15
Principles of War
OBJECTIVE
OFFENSIVE
MASS
ECONOMY OF FORCE
MANEUVER
UNITY OF COMMAND
SECURITY
SURPRISE
SIMPLICITYSlide16
FrictionCarl von Clausewitz,
On War
.
“Friction” as Chance or Uncertainty?
Friction
Culminating PointSlide17
“Everything in war is very simple, but the
simplest thing is difficult
.”
“Friction is the force that makes the
apparently easy so difficult
.”
“Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that
distinguish real war from war on paper
.
FrictionSlide18
“The offensive is the
decisive form of war
.”
“The fight is taken to the enemy in such a way as to achieve
decisive victory at least cost
.”
“The main purpose of the offensive is to
defeat, destroy, or neutralize
the enemy force.”
Offense / OffensiveSlide19
“The immediate purpose of defensive operations is to
defeat an enemy attack
.”
“The greater intent of the defensive is to
force the attack to culminate
, to
gain the initiative
for friendly forces, and to create the opportunity to
shift to the offensive
.”
Defense / DefensiveSlide20
“A retrograde operation is a
maneuver to the rear
or away from the enemy.”
“It is part of a larger scheme of maneuver to
regain the initiative
and defeat the enemy.”
“Commanders use retrograde operations to
harass, exhaust, resist, delay, or damage
an enemy.”
RetrogradeSlide21
“…military activities during peacetime and conflict that
do not necessarily involve armed clashes between two organized forces
.”
“…attempts to influence world events through those
actions that routinely occur between nations
.”
“…
hostilities to secure strategic objectives
.”
Military Operations Other Than WarSlide22
“Logistics is the
process
of planning and executing the
sustainment of forces
in support of military operations.”
“Logistics cannot win a war, but its
absence or inadequacy can cause defeat
.”
LogisticsSlide23
“…the movement of military forces from the Continental US or a theater
in response to requirements of war or MOOTW
.”
“Force projection operations extend from
mobilization and deployment. . .to redeployment. . .to demobilization
.”
Force ProjectionSlide24
Standard TerminologySlide25
Interior and Exterior (Convergent) LinesSlide26
Distribution of ForcesSlide27
FlanksSlide28Slide29
EnvelopmentSlide30
Double EnvelopmentSlide31
Turning MovementSlide32
Oblique OrderSlide33
Penetration