Mission Command Insights From the Boston Campaign (1775-1776) During the American Revolutionary War.

Abstract

Mission Command is critical to decentralized execution from centralized intent. While establishing the first American colonies militiamen faced an overmatch enemy consisting of the British Army and Navy. During the French and Indian War and Boston Campaign, New England militiamen and the Continental Army utilized command and control with principles of today's mission command doctrine. Mission command principles and philosophy allows commanders to set the conditions for success during combat operations. Future wars will be multi-domain battle where most or all domains will be contested and directly affect command and control. Mission command must be understood and applied to win decisively in the future wars and in multi-domain operational environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2019
Accession Number
AD1110166

Entities

People

  • Steven E. Robinson

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • American Revolution
  • Army Training
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Military Art
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New England
  • New York
  • North America
  • Revolutions
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Urban Planning and Geography.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control