Transformation of United States Forces

Abstract

The Middle East and national strategies have led to two transformations of United States forces through two wars with Iraq. During the 1991 Gulf War United States forces were in the middle of a transformation that would allow them to be more lethal and mobile. This lack of mobility to a theatre anywhere in the world almost led to a major defeat of forces in the early stages of the conflict. In the fifth year of Operation Iraqi Freedom US Forces continued with another transformation. This time transforming the Army into amore efficient fighting force by examining the contemporary operational environment (COE) and transforming the brigades and leaders to operate in a volatile, complex and ambiguous environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 07, 2009
Accession Number
AD1136287

Entities

People

  • Chad R. Walker

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Power
  • Army
  • Battlefields
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Gulfs
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Middle East
  • Mobility
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Petroleum
  • Potomac River
  • Test Beds
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • Warfare
  • West Germany

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