Coordinating Chaos: Integrating Capabilities in Future Urban Conflict
Abstract
It is increasingly likely that the future of warfare will involve operations in urban terrain, dense urban terrain, or megacities. Therefore, the future of operational art must consider all aspects of the urban environment and how they interact as a system .No single solution will be successful across the globe, so future coalitions must fully understand the operational environment in which they are placed. Different tactics, techniques, and procedures will be applied to each environment such as Fallujah in2004, Sadr City in 2008, and Mosul in 2016-2017. Furthermore, the military will not be enough to properly influence the outcome of combat operations, and future battlefields will require close inter-organizational integration to synchronize the whole of government approach. Fighting through dense urban terrain and megacities will require the Department of State (DOS) and US Agency for International Development (USAID), among others, to increase their integration into the battlefield. These organizations must be closely coordinated and sequenced just behind the military advance to quickly restore stability. This proximity to combat will also require a decrease in risk aversion across the US government for the US and our allies to be successful on future battlefields
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 08, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1176864
Entities
People
- Robert Barbaree
Organizations
- Marine Corps University