general dynamics

…These activities generally occur continuously in all GCCs’ AORs regardless of other ongoing contingencies, major operations, or campaigns. They usually involve a combination of military forces and capabilities separate from but integrated with the efforts of…

…Psychological research into how people go about generating hypotheses shows that people are actually rather poor at thinking of all the possibilities. If individuals do not even generate the correct hypothesis for consideration, obviously they will…

…Operational contract support generally covers three types of contracts: theater support, external support, and system support. Theater support contracts are those with local vendors, and processed through in-theater Service or joint contingency contracting offices. External…

…Figure III-3 is a generic model that contains the likely elements of a risk management process. l. Strategic Communication and Communications Strategy (1) The term strategic communication, an aspect of strategic guidance, applies to USG…

…Military personnel tend to be less comfortable with these than with more empirical measures, since they are generally trained to regard their profession as more of a science than an art, but often the numbers themselves…

…In such cases, the general goal is to prevail against the enemy as quickly as possible, conclude hostilities, and establish conditions favorable to the HN, the United States, and its multinational partners. Establishing these conditions often…

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-39 13. Considerations for Deterrence a. General. The deter phase is characterized by preparatory actions that indicate the intent to execute subsequent phases of the operation. Deterrence…

…A general rule of thumb is that unit integrity is much more important for early deploying units than for follow-on forces. d. Forcible entry is a joint military operation conducted either as a major operation…