Instruments of National Power. An overarching concept of operational warfare has to include a discussion of the instruments of national power. These are the tools the state brings to bear in global relations every day. They include national culture, industry, technology, academia, political influence, and national will. The ability of any state to advance its national interests depends on how well they employ their instruments of national power. The shorthand version is dubbed the DIME:
The Operational Art of War IV key serial number
Major Operations and Campaigns. Engagements and battles are the planning events at the tactical level while major operations and campaigns are the planning events at the operational level. They connect the tactics to the strategy (national aim and objectives).
Operational Level. The operational level links tactical missions to national strategic objectives. This level focuses on the designing, planning, and executing of military operations using operational art. Operational art is the convergence of imagination, knowledge, and experience to organize and employ military forces to carry out campaigns and major operations. Operational art determines the deployment of forces and the arrangement of battlefield activities over time in order to attain operational and strategic objectives.
Operational art includes operational design which is the conception and construction of the intellectual framework that informs planning and execution. Operational design provides a general methodology for: defining the problem, visualizing a solution, and describing the campaign.
Decisive points can be stepping stones to an operational objective and, ultimately, to a COG. Success at the decisive point weakens the enemy COG and exposes other decisive points. DPs are not COGs; they guard COGs or lead to COGs. In operational art, commanders seek to identify the DPs that expose paths towards the center of gravity.
Culmination. The culminating point is that point in time and space at which a force no longer possesses the capability to continue its current operation. Culmination represents a critical shift in relative combat power. Both attackers and defenders at each level of war have culminating points. Culmination during offensive operations occurs when the attacker cannot continue the attack and must assume a defensive posture or execute an operational pause. Culmination during defensive operations occurs when the force can no longer defend itself and must withdraw or face destruction or surrender. Failure to anticipate culmination leads to an inability to transition to a form of operations that preserves combat power. This failure to anticipate is all too common place.
Soldier assigned to 182nd Transportation Company fires M240B machine gun as part of Operation ROM, hosted by 79th TheaterSustainment Command, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, December 2, 2017 (U.S. Army Reserve/Heather Doppke) Soldier assigned to 182nd Transportation Company fires M240B machine gun as part of Operation ROM, hosted by 79th Theater Sustainment Command, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, December 2, 2017 (U.S. Army Reserve/Heather Doppke) Soldier assigned to 182nd Transportation Company fires M240B machine gun as part of Operation ROM, hosted by 79th TheaterSustainment Command, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, December 2, 2017 (U.S. Army Reserve/Heather Doppke) SHARE IMAGE: var addthis_config = data_use_flash: false, data_use_cookies: false, ui_508_compliant: true Download Image Image Details Photo By: Sgt. Heather Doppke VIRIN: 171202-A-TQ452-041 #cboxClose position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 5px; display: block; background: url(/desktopmodules/articlecs/images/media_popup_close.png) no-repeat top center; width: 40px; height: 40px; text-indent: -9999px; #cboxClose:hover background-position: bottom center; .me-plugin width: 100%; height: 100%; var gih = 0; var giw = 0; var pup; var g_isDynamic = false; function popupResize(ibox, w, h, doResize) if ($(ibox).hasClass('dgov2popup-info')) // This block is included once, so is shared by all media tokens. // this block is how we execute the special resize for dgov2's slideshow popup dgov2slideshowPopupResize(ibox, w, h, doResize); return; if (!g_isDynamic) return; var isMobile = window.matchMedia('(max-width: 1200px)').matches; if (isMobile) $.colorbox.resize( width: "100%", height: "100%" ); $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").width('100%'); $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").height('auto'); $(ibox).find(".info").css('height', 'auto'); return; var iw = w; var ih = h; var ww = $(window).width(); var wh = $(window).height(); var hextra = 40; var wextra = 360; var hborder = 120; var wborder = 120; var maxw = ww - wextra - wborder; var maxh = wh - hextra - hborder; var ratio = Math.min(maxw / iw, maxh / ih); iw = Math.floor(iw * ratio); // use floor to avoid overflow scrollbar ih = Math.floor(ih * ratio); // console.log(iw + " " + ih + " --- " + (iw + wextra) + " " + (ih + hextra)) $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").width(iw); $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").height(ih); $(ibox).find(".info").height(ih); if (doResize) $.colorbox.resize( width: iw + wextra, height: ih + hextra ); $(window).resize(function () if (g_isDynamic && pup !== undefined) popupResize(pup, giw, gih, true); ); $(window).load(function () $(".popup").click(function () giw = $(this).data('width'); gih = $(this).data('height'); pup = $($(this).attr('href')); g_isDynamic = $(this).data('dynamic') === 1 ? true : false; popupResize(pup, giw, gih, false); var w = "768px"; var isMobile = $(window).width()
Aside from civil rights issues, the Convention also devotes major attention to a most vital concern of women, namely their reproductive rights. The preamble sets the tone by stating that "the role of women in procreation should not be a basis for discrimination". The link between discrimination and women's reproductive role is a matter of recurrent concern in the Convention. For example, it advocates, in article 5, ''a proper understanding of maternity as a social function", demanding fully shared responsibility for child-rearing by both sexes. Accordingly, provisions for maternity protection and child-care are proclaimed as essential rights and are incorporated into all areas of the Convention, whether dealing with employment, family law, health core or education. Society's obligation extends to offering social services, especially child-care facilities, that allow individuals to combine family responsibilities with work and participation in public life. Special measures for maternity protection are recommended and "shall not be considered discriminatory". (article 4). "The Convention also affirms women's right to reproductive choice. Notably, it is the only human rights treaty to mention family planning. States parties are obliged to include advice on family planning in the education process (article l O.h) and to develop family codes that guarantee women's rights "to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children and to hove access to the information, education and means to enable them to exercise these rights" (article 16.e).
4. Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at a meeting of States Parties convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters. At that meeting, for which two thirds of the States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of States Parties present and voting.
The operational excellence pillar focuses on running and monitoring systems, and continually improving processes and procedures. Key topics include automating changes, responding to events, and defining standards to manage daily operations.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, speaks at the Air Force Association Warfare Symposium March 3, 2022. Kendal spoke about his one team one fight mantra and his operational imperatives during the symposium. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales) 2ff7e9595c
Comments