The Role of Joint and Combined Exercises in Commander-In-Chief, United States Central Command's (USCINCCENT's) Peacetime Strategy and Preparation for War

Abstract

Joint and Combined military exercises played a pivotal but little understood role in USCINCCENT'S peacetime strategy. They also contributed, both directly and indirectly, to USCINCOM'S impressive successes in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The experiences and lessons learned by the USCENTCOM staff pertaining to the value of these exercises are applicable to all unified commands. However, with the end of the war and a perceived drastic reduction in the threat to the security of the United States future exercise programs are at risk. The conclusion is made that joint and combined exercises are critical to the successful execution of U.S. military strategy and thus must be retained, resourced by the various armed services and funded by OSD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253156

Entities

People

  • Jack W. Klimp

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Environment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Exercises
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.