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…Introduction The principles of joint operations are formed around the traditional principles of war. Three additional principles―restraint, perseverance, and legitimacy―are relevant to how the Armed Forces of the United States use combat power across…

…Weighting the decisive operation or the main effort is a basic tactical concept closely associated with the mass and maneuver principles of war. The purpose for weighting the decisive operation or main effort is to concentrate…

…immediately available and should be consulted at all levels of command to provide advice about law of war compliance during planning and execution of exercises and operations. Early involvement by the SJA will improve the targeting…

…Functions that are common to joint operations at all levels of war fall into six basic groups—C2, intelligence, fires, movement and maneuver, protection, and sustainment. Some functions, such as C2 and intelligence, apply to all…

…Only then do units consider stability tasks above the minimum required by the law of war. Planning to consolidate gains is primarily a corps and division responsibility that occurs before, during, and after large-scale ground…

…Employing the “art of war,” which has been the commander’s central historical command role, remains critical in the contemporary complex environment regardless of technological and informational improvements in control—the “science of war.” Successful commanders…

…Unit plans for combat operations address the provision of minimum-essential stability tasks—providing civil security, food, water, shelter, and emergency medical treatment—to civilians located within their AO in accordance with the laws of war…

…Army’s actions in France between August and September 1944 during World War II is an example of a pursuit. COMMON OFFENSIVE CONTROL MEASURES 3-19. Commanders use common offensive control measures to synchronize the effects…

…It ties the military instrument of national power to the achievement of national security goals and objectives and is essential to securing desired strategic end states during peacetime and war. Planning begins with the end state…

…The connection of some objects to an enemy’s war-fighting, war-supporting, or war-sustaining effort may be direct, indirect, or even discrete. A decision as to classification of an object as a military objective…

80 both peace and in war. See Appendix B for more information on these units and agencies. EQUIPPING TARGETING ORGANIZATIONS The forces the COMAFFOR presents to the CFC should include all the equipment they require to…

…cooperation, competition below armed conflict, and armed conflict/war.6 Much of the targeting process can occur well prior to armed conflict, especially target development conducted in support of planning. During cooperation, air component targeting efforts…

…It is a principle of war. Commanders employ economy of force measures (and assume risk) to expend minimum essential combat power on their shaping operations or supporting efforts to provide the maximum possible combat power for…

…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…

…those tied to a particular conflict and those that are ongoing, performed both in peace and war. (Page 2) › Targeting is fundamentally effects-based. It is thus about more than just selecting targets for physical destruction…

…The joint force can create effects across the levels of war. Strategic and operational effects focus on larger aspects of various systems, while tactical-level effects typically are associated with results of offensive, defensive, and stability…

…Indicators serve as a means of prediction across all levels—strategic, operational, and tactical. (See levels of war in ADRP 3-0.) 4-31. A threat may attempt to create false or misleading patterns of intentions…

military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, and members of labor units or of service organizations responsible for the welfare of the armed forces. (2) Captured civilians of a nonoccupying territory who have taken up arms…

Glossary GL-11 outlined in the commander’s guidance and ensures compliance with the law of war and rules of engagement. (JP 3-60) 3. In computer modeling and simulation, the process of determining the degree…

…In the years since World War II, the United States has employed military force more than 200 times. Of these, four out of five involved naval forces, and the majority of the naval efforts included Marines…