strategic petroleum reserve

…Initial discussions and coordination between potential non-US participants should address basic questions at the national strategic level. These senior-level discussions could involve international organizations such as the United Nations or the North Atlantic Treaty…

…This may require the commander to adjust subordinate unit AOs, repeatedly commit and reconstitute the reserve, and modify the original plan. 4-46. Commanders may change task organization to respond to an existing or a projected…

…Commanders at all levels must understand the impact that media representation will have on the accomplishment of operational and strategic objectives. d. Maneuver warfare doctrine must be applied to the environment. e. Intelligence is imperative to…

…Situation templates address terrain, mobility corridors, artillery range fans, movement times between enemy reserve assembly area locations and advancing friendly forces, and other related intelligence variables. FIRES 3-87. The targeting process ensures the collective and…

…That battalion is augmented by a reserve component main command post operational detachment to provide it with additional capacity. Functional support brigades consist of military police, engineer, air and missile defense, and military intelligence brigades. Functional…

…Defending commanders may need to commit their reserve if an enemy force is too large for their tactical combat force to reduce. Limited Visibility and Obscuration 4-70. An attacking enemy force can be expected to…

…AFDD 3-70, Strategic Attack. o. Air Force Instruction 13-1AOC, Vol. 3, Operational Procedures—Air Operations Center. p. AFTTP 3-3 AOC, Operational Employment of Air Operations Center. q. Naval Warfare Development Command Technical Manual…

…The commander of an AO may designate movement routes as open, supervised, dispatch, reserved, or prohibited. Each route’s designation varies based on the mission variables. (See ATP 4-16 for a discussion of movement planning…

…Echelon reserves are examples of uncommitted forces. WEIGHTING THE DECISIVE OPERATION OR MAIN EFFORT 2-79. The decisive operation is the operation that directly accomplishes the mission (ADP 3-0). Weighting the decisive operation or the…

…force lacks the enablers necessary to continue the advance.) Attacking units may also slow or stop when reserves are not available to continue an advance, the defender receives reinforcements, or the defender counterattacks. Several of these…

…Area security preserves a commander’s freedom to move reserves, position fire support means, provide for command and control, and conduct sustaining operations. 5-9. All maneuver forces can conduct security operations. All three types of…

…Commanders can use their reserve to reinforce fires, add depth, block, or restore a position by counterattack; to seize the initiative; and to destroy enemy forces. Units at all echelons can conduct an area defense. The…

…reconstitution, defined, 2-72 regiments, 2-98 relief in place, 5-14–5-17 defined, 5-14 reserve, defined, 2-73 resource control, conduct, 4-110 retirement, defined, 4-20 retrograde, 4-19–4-20 defined…

…Engagement area Flanks Forms of contact Local security Maneuver Meeting engagement Movement Mutual support Operation Operational framework Piecemeal commitment Reconstitution Reserve Rules of engagement Supporting distance Supporting range Tactical mobility Uncommitted forces Weight the decisive operation

…The Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations Center develops allocation recommendations for ISR and associated processing, exploitation, and dissemination capabilities to satisfy the strategic national and the CCMD strategic theater and operational IAA requirements. Per DODD…

…CJCSI 3110.05, Military Information Support Operations Supplement to the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan. This instruction authorizes the use of military information support operations (MISO) capabilities and units to conduct CAIS in response to natural disasters…

…The Army’s M2A1-7 portable flamethrower is stored in war reserve status as a standard “C” item. Its availability is limited; however, Marines could be issued flame-support weapons for urban operations depending on the…

…Three battles where time played an unanticipated critical role in the attacker’s strategic timetable were Aachen, Khorramshahr, and Stalingrad. In these battles, the defenders delayed the attacker longer than was estimated, resulting in the modification…