Planning for a Complex Environment: The Evolution of Decision Point Tactics Inside of US Army Doctrine

Abstract

In a complex environment commanders and planners cannot know all of the possible enemy courses of action. Commanders and planners for tactical operations must build flexible plans to account for unknown or changing enemy courses of action. Decision Point Tactics (DPT) is a term that is not defined within US Army doctrine, but the concepts that make up DPT are found inside of US Army doctrine. This thesis expands on previous research about how the concept of DPT exists inside doctrine. This thesis then shows how doctrine has evolved in how it represents the concepts that make up DPT and evaluates how well doctrine explains the concepts. Finally, this thesis recommends how doctrine can be improved to help leaders and planners build more flexible and efficient tactical plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2019
Accession Number
AD1085106

Entities

People

  • Joshua W. Linvill

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Literature Surveys
  • Maneuvers
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Art
  • Military Operations
  • Students
  • Tactical Decision Aids
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities
  • Warfare

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