Perform Effectively in an Operational Environment Flashcards
strategic environment
the global environment in which the US President employs all the elements of national power (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic)
operational environment
the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect military operations
8 Operational Variables
PIPE MIST
Political
Military
Economics
Social
Information
Infrastructure
Physical environment
Time
Allow a Soldier or leader to examine and understand a particular Operational Environment
“Internet of Things”
all aspects of human engagement where cognition, ideas, and perceptions, are almost instantaneously available; social media
Competiton for resources
other strategic competitors competing with US for leadership and influence in a world that is becoming more inter-connected
Multi-domain warfare
CLAMS
Air
Land
Maritime
Space
Cyberspace
(also electromagnetic spectrum)
Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO)
occur in the form of major operations and campaigns aimed at defeating an enemy’s armed forces and military capabilities in support of national objectives; war
Crisis Response and Limited Contingency Operations
focused in scope and scale and conducted to achieve a specific strategic or operational-level objective in an operational area
Military engagement, security, cooperation, deterrence
build networks and relationships with partners, shape regions, keep day-to-day tensions between nations or groups below the threshold of armed conflict, and maintain U.S. global influence
Importance of Socio-Cultural Understanding (SCU)
VBBN: Values, Beliefs, Behaviors, Norms
- inform, discern, or influence human behavior
- gain the trust of a skeptical population
- Gives insights into power structures that disclose key actors/brokers
- Illuminates economic networks and challenges that contribute to instability
- Explains social/societal grievances and tensions between groups
2+3 Threat
Russia, China: prevent, stall, or complicate the U.S. ability to bring forces to bear before our adversaries can achieve their political objectives; focusing on the development of sophisticated anti-access/area denial capabilities, long-range fires, electronic warfare and deception capabilities, space-based sensors and anti-space weapons, advanced forms of information operations, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber capabilities
North Korea, Iran: narrower, less-comprehensive, and less technically sophisticated variants of these capabilities
Non-State Rogue Actors
terrorists
insurgents
drug-traffickers
criminals
non-combatants, but it is possible some of them may actually be armed and hostile due to a specific agenda
Non-Combatant
: “an individual, in an area of combat operations, who is not armed and is not participating in any activity in support of any of the factions or forces involved in combat.”
Can be friendly, neutral, or covertly hostile
Hybrid threat
Two or more distinctly different potential enemies join together to fight the United States
