Converging Vectors: Comparing Emerging Army and Air Force Basic Doctrine

Abstract

This paper compares the most recent revisions to Army and Air Force draft basic doctrine. It focuses on the sets of doctrinal frameworks that describe each service's approach to the range of modern military operations and the integrating ideas that draw those frameworks together. With its focus on operations, it compares draft Army and Air Force basic doctrine in three ways: in a review of their overall content and organization, in their key frameworks describing operations, and in their operational concepts. The paper concludes with an analysis of differences key doctrinal structures describing force employment and with a comparison of each service's interpretation of asymmetric force application and force projection. It is usefull as a comparative review of each service's draft basic doctrine and in assaying differences in their approach to operations. It provides a preview into the similarities and differences in operational perspective that may influence future joint operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331140

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Gass

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Artillery
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterair Operations
  • Fire Support
  • Information Systems
  • Land Warfare
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Theoretical Analysis.