Military command

to move almost flawlessly from the meeting straight into the lesson about commands. Mrs. Wolfe started out her lesson with the following question: “What is a command?” Since this was a new concept to the students no one replied, and Mrs. Wolfe went on to tell them that a command is a statement that tells you to do something. On her easel-like white board, she wrote the following example on it, to show the class what a command looks like, “Shut the door.” Mrs. Wolfe, after she finished writing…

these brave and committed women were cooks, laundresses, and nurses. Later down the road during World War I, 33,000 women sacrificed their lives helping our great nation's military branches. Over 400 of these women lost their lives fighting this war as nurses and support staff. As women slowly make their way into the military jobs like mechanics, pilots, administrators, and other non-combat jobs were given to these strong individuals during WWII.…

Colonel Roush explains the constraints and principles by which we must live as military personnel. We must not contradict the President’s expressed desires, must follow regulations and laws as well as use the allocated funding properly as ordered by Congress, must act in accordance with judicial rulings, and must follow the supreme law of the land, including anything expressed in the Constitution and international law. Serving the Constitution is done through following the four sequential…

Besides above described opportunities, multinational operations have posed many challenges including political differences, command difficulties, interoperability, intelligence sharing, cultural diversity, to mention only few. Political differences are always challenge in multinational operations regardless the similarities of political systems of force contributing countries. Each and every country has its own political system that determines its security and defense policy and respective…

The normal theory of civil-military relations contends that politicians should declare a military operation’s objective and then step aside leaving the business of war to the military. In his book, “Supreme Command,” Eliot Cohen deviates from this normalcy theory by arguing that active statesmen make the best wartime leaders, pushing their military subordinates to succeed where they might have failed if left on their own. According to Cohen civilian intervention at both strategic and operational…

Command and Control Command-Inherent in command is the authority that a military commander lawfully exercises over subordinates. Control-ability to direct the operations and employment of subordinates . Its c2 and its legal authority and control network How does Joint Force enable effective C2- The C2 structure is centered on the JFC’s mission and CONOPS; available forces and capabilities; and joint force staff composition, capabilities, location, and facilities. The JFC should be guided in…

When the Army is restricted from employing the latest and greatest technology on the battlefield, it is usually because of the cost of the item or the time it would take to procure and distribute new equipment. Sometimes, lack of interest in a useful piece of equipment will prevent it from being funded and used. Prior to the Korean War, none of these three restrictions served as the obstacle that blocked the Army from maximizing the potential for aviation assets, even as incredible…

Operation FORTITUDE ,although at its core a simple plan, involved a complex network of agents, carefully selected intelligence leaks, fake military units, and cooperation from the Allied forces. Operation Fortitude essentially had three main parts. Fortitude North was the fictitious invasion of Norway, the…

of Command. Authority and Responsibility in the military comes is determined by what rank you are. The higher the rank, the more authority you have, which in turn means the more responsibility you will have. Authority and responsibility works hand and hand with Unity of Command. We receive all of our orders from commanders. Their messages and request are then relayed down the chain of command, and will eventually work its way to the lowest ranking individual. Having this chain of command is…

Dick Couch writes a thought-provoking book, A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace, which details a growing problem in the United States military, i.e. maintaining ethical and moral behavior on and off-duty. His supporting arguments are society emphasizes behavior not conducive to promoting positive ethical behavior, malignant personalities in the ranks spreading negative behavior, and the ambiguity of the asymmetric warfare fought today. He provides anecdotal evidence…