Agility: A Key to the Operational Art

Abstract

FM 100-5 identifies four, fundamental tenets necessary for successful implementation of AirLand Battle doctrine. These tenets are initiative, agility, depth, and synchronization. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative importance of the AirLand tenet of agility to the practice of both the operational level of war and the future battlefield to establish a general context for further discussion and analysis of the AirLand Battle tenets. The tenet of agility will then be analyzed in an effort to define it and establish its relationship to each of the other tenets within the context of the operational level of war. This portion of the study will include a brief analysis of each of the four tenets and a look at the emphasis placed upon them by the U.S. Army within its doctrine and in practice in its warfighting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196620

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  • Albert Bryant Jr.

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  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Air Power
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Second World War
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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