Shaping Operational Factors Through Transit and Status of Forces Agreements

Abstract

One of the processes fundamental to military operational planning is the development of distinct, effective courses-of-action (COA) for a commander's review and decision. The basic building blocks for a COA are the forces available to the commander, the space in which US and opposing forces may/must operate, the time required for COA execution, and the commander's ability to have the information needed by his forces, when and where they need it. When US forces are deployed abroad, imbedded in each of the "operational factors" of space, forces, time, and information are important foreign and international law issues. This paper's intent is to focus on the major imbedded legal issues that can be resolved through transit agreements and status-of-forces agreements with countries through or to which US troops are being deployed. The paper proposes solutions is that allow planners to offer their commander effective COAs, as free of those issues as possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381624

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Perham

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space