Pervasive Agility and Agile Fires in Support of Decisive Action

Abstract

With the end of our commitment in Iraq and as we begin the drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, the Nation, the Department of Defense, and the Army are beginning a strategic transition from fighting and winning current wars to preparing for the challenges beyond them. Simultaneously, the U.S. Government faces a fiscal and budgetary crisis that will shape the strategic landscape and inform our preparations for future conflicts. Addressing the uncertainty of the current security challenges facing the nation, our nation's senior leaders have specified in official policy and planning documents that our Armed Forces must be agile and adaptable. This paper seeks to explore the historical evolution of agility as a doctrinal term, comb out the specified tasks that agility will require of Army forces, and discuss the practical implications of agility and adaptability for Army leaders, specifically by focusing on fires, one of the six nested warfighting functions, as a case study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568255

Entities

People

  • Timothy W. Bush

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Indirect Fire
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Strategic Security Studies