The purpose of this paper is to describe how the United States Army coordinates and integrates organic and Joint, Interagency, Multinational (JIM) fires capabilities, at strategic, operational, and tactical levels, through all five domains (land, maritime, air, cyber, and space), to provide scalable lethal and non-lethal effects to combatant commanders. In addressing the topic, I will begin by defining the meaning of fires. The Army and the joint community define fires as “The use of weapon…
In a similar way that animals use their colors to help protect themselves from predators, the military hoped to better conceal their soldiers in battle from the enemies that aimed to harm them. “Simplistically camouflage involves possessing markings that reduce the chance of detection.” (Stevens n.p.) On this basis is how many camouflage uniforms are developed, a pattern is designed to help conceal…
he knowingly broke the unwritten rules of battle and fails to fully understand what it really means to be a king. In the second part, “ The Queen of Air and Darkness” King Arthur starts to learn that power does not mean you can decide what is right and wrong. For instance, Merlyn and Arthur…
conflicts included in this essay, written with excessive amounts of imagery, establish examinable themes. Henry handles each theme during his battles bravely; however, during his four-day war experience, he struggles with coming to terms with his fears and fighting for his beliefs. He is literally battling the Confederate Army, all while fighting a figurative battle in his mind. Not fit to be a soldier--and fearing that he will desert--Henry believes he does not have the courage to fight. Also…
Platoon Offensive Attack An attack is when you friend forces seek out the enemy to destroy, weaken and capture forces and supplies. The type of attack that I will be conducting will be movement to contact. I will be conducting a movement to contact because we were given an enemy objective to take out. We do not know a specific location instead we know a general location. The platoon will move in a traveling overwatch until we meet contact with the enemy. The platoon will be split up as first…
deaths of Ned, Life, and Sam, that leads him to become neutral. Ned’s death influences Tim to choose neutrality. Ned was a slave that believed in the Patriot cause. One day, when the British army came through Redding, Ned was beheaded during an intense battle: “He slid his sword into Ned’s stomach...the sword flashed in a bright arc...Ned’s head jumped off his body and popped into the air”(144-145). His death shows major injustice because the British could’ve just arrested him, but instead they…
Command and Control Command-Inherent in command is the authority that a military commander lawfully exercises over subordinates. Control-ability to direct the operations and employment of subordinates . Its c2 and its legal authority and control network How does Joint Force enable effective C2- The C2 structure is centered on the JFC’s mission and CONOPS; available forces and capabilities; and joint force staff composition, capabilities, location, and facilities. The JFC should be guided in…
The second major characteristic of a total war is that the conventional boundaries of war are ignored. In particular this focuses on the targeting of enemy non-combatants in order to break the will of the enemy. The clearest example of this characteristic being demonstrated by the British Empire can be seen in the utilization of strategic bombings. Strategic bombings were conducted by all of the major combatants during the war. These bombings were carried out deep within enemy territory. Their…
became the basis of American tactics once they got into their stride and it was used to great effect. However, to be fair to the exponents of the swift armoured thrust, such as Gen George S. Patton Jr, tying tanks down to a more slow moving type of battle did lead to some great ‘lost opportunities’. The actual detailed use of the doctrine of course varied with the terrain and…
gains in war is war. Sun Tzu stresses the importance of war to the state. An interesting point and one that is often over looked: how war affects the state and the people it governs. When one speaks of war what comes to mind are the troops and the battles, very rarely are the civilians back home thought of. War is selfish. But of course they are affected; expenses go up, loss of family members, industrial displacement etc. However, Sun Tzu, even being a general, does not perceive war…