Inoculating the General from the Franco-Prussian Staff Infection

Abstract

Recently, the US military has been in engaged in counterinsurgency operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief missions, and building partnership capacity, not Major Combat Operations. According to the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, these trends will continue as emphasized by the six key missions, of which only one represents Major Combat Operations. However, US military forces are still organized to fight attrition style warfare. Why? According to Title 10 of the United States Code, the Services bear the responsibility to organize, equip, and train forces. The Services have attempted to transform but there has been limited emphasis on organizational change beyond the presentation of forces. Therefore, the Services, Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC), and Joint Task Forces (JTF) must organize properly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1019069

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  • Geoffrey I. Church

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  • Air Command and Staff College

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  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Organization Theory
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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