Military organization

A Vision of Success: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul Army doctrine reference publication (ADRP) 6-0 describes mission command as “the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations (2012).” One component of mission command is to visualize. To visualize is to create a mental picture of a process and a result. The…

The Army doctrine is working on the Expert Action Badge (EAB); we should notice it by October 2019 if approved. The EAB plans to allow Soldiers to make professional goals in line with their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). An example would be the Infantry has the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) and the Medical Corps have an Expert Medical Field Badge (EFMB). The Expert Action Badge is not similar to the Expert Infantryman Badge, which focuses solely on for infantry related skills. The…

The last Quadrennial Defense Review shifted the basis of the defense planning from "threat-based" to “capabilities-based". The Force Development process relies on that base and consists of five phases; Develop Capabilities, Design Organization, Develop Organization, Determine Organizational Models, Determine Organizational Authorizations and Document Organizational Authorizations, to have structured and resourced force. The main consists of this process and it is obvious in the Winter Symposium…

SUBJECT: Unified Land Operations 1. Purpose: To Provide an overview on Unified Land Operations 2. Facts: a. The idea of Army policy is to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative to gain and maintain a position of advantage in sustained land operations. The new operating concept is Unified Land Operations. b. The introduction to the Unified Land Operation (2011) changed from the AirLand Battle (1982-1993) and uses many of the full range operations within capabilities as fundamental to a…

U.S. Navy action report in 1943 asserted “constant and harmonious planning” between the Allied joint force occurred to deal with the logistical challenges. The Allies learned from amphibious operations in Africa and developed new sustainment organizations and equipment for HUSKY, including “Base Sections” (a sustainment element) and the new amphibious DUKW transport. The Seventh Army landed 11,824 men, 21,512 vehicles and 104,734 tons of cargo in Sicily by the end of July. The Eight Army did…

procures the number of reported cases through multiple means. Since the SARC is one of several personnel who can receive/process a sexual assault report, the SARC must also pull this data from other reporting points of contact, which include the military installation’s hospital victim advocate, the Provost Marshall, and the unit’s chain of command. The SARC compiles all reported incidents into a database and routinally analyzes the reports in order to identify trends, anomolies, etc. Each…

guidance when updating Enlisted Records Brief /Office Records Brief Form 2-1 for Active Duty and Reserve Component Solders. 2. Facts: a. EMILPO is the only authorized system for updating deployment information on Soldiers records (ERB/ORB) by the Military Personnel Divisions (MPDS), Brigade S-1, and Battalion S-1 b. Overseas Tours (Combat, Non-Combat and Overseas tours with another Branch) shall be updated in section (I) of the (ERB/ORB). Commander and/or S1, will ensure Soldier’s…

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the United States Army coordinates and integrates organic and Joint, Interagency, Multinational (JIM) fires capabilities, at strategic, operational, and tactical levels, through all five domains (land, maritime, air, cyber, and space), to provide scalable lethal and non-lethal effects to combatant commanders. In addressing the topic, I will begin by defining the meaning of fires. The Army and the joint community define fires as “The use of weapon…

Subject: The Army’s need for a new Pre-Mobilization training model to maintain an Operational Reserve 1. Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to identify Reserve Component (RC) operational requirements and the shortfalls of the current pre-mobilization 39-day training model with recommendations to mitigate capacity and capability gaps. 2. Key Points. a. The Army’s global operational requirements and the constant resizing, re-balancing, and restructuring of the total force directed in…

gets taken out it is up to one of the soldiers under that person’s command to step up and complete the mission. By understanding what communication and accountability is, soldiers will move one step closer to surviving combat and excelling in the military in general. One vital part of being a soldier is having good communication. Without it, missions fall apart without anyone able to do anything about it. Having a way to send…