Implications of the Policy of Preemption on Combatant Commanders

Abstract

Given the greater emphasis in the National Security Strategy (NSS) on the possible use of preemption, combatant commanders must reexamine their current capabilities and adapt them to ensure they are capable of executing preemptive operations. It is vital for combatant commanders to understand the nature of preemptive operations in order to be ready for preemptive operations. Although the new National Military Strategy (NMS) has not yet been published, and thus formal guidance to the military based on the new NSS has not been officially promulgated, American military forces are already engaged in a preemptive war in Iraq, such as President Bush outlined in his strategy. But, in order to continue to successfully engage American military forces in preemptive actions, combatant commanders must adapt and plan for such contingencies; for, in the past, they have planned for and been postured

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420308

Entities

People

  • Lesley S. Priest

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies