MILITARY STRATEGIC INVESTIGATION

Military Strategic Investigation

Military Strategic Investigation

The strategic investigation phase of war is the level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group of nations, determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) strategic security objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to achieve these objectives. In the bipolar world of atomic battle, accepted conflict appeared to be best of the suicide atomic tripwire. Thus, in mid 1950's there was the fast down turn, and in some situations, nearly eradicating chronicled set about to conflict in curricula of Western equipped forces (Lewis, 2003). Activities at this level establish national and multinational military objectives; sequence initiatives; define limits and assess risks for the use of military and other instruments of national power; develop global plans or theater war plans to achieve those objectives; and provide military forces and other capabilities in accordance with strategic plans.

Between 1950 and late 1970, then thoughtful undertaking of establishments of equipped forces was leveraged by Western concepts about confrontation that often appeared from freezing municipal conflict strategic considering - in specific notions of restricted conflict progressivity, flexible answer and counter-war (Lewis, 2003). Strategy is a prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives (JP 3-0). The President translates national interests and policy into a national strategic end state. Combatant commanders base their theater strategic planning on this end state (Scobell, Wortzel, 2004). To ensure their military strategy is consistent with national interests and policy, combatant commanders participate in strategic discourse with the President, Secretary of Defense (through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), and multinational partners.

Peacetime military engagement is vital to U.S. strategy and integral to theater security cooperation plans. Strategy involves more than campaigns and major operations. When successful, these plans promote national or multinational goals through peaceful processes. Peacetime military engagement contributes to the ability of multinational forces to operate together. Strategic investigations did not accept that there was no utility in study of ground war. In detail its major premise was to trial to bypass foremost conflict through the structure of deterrence and arms control. National interests and policy define and inform military strategy. They provide a broad framework for conducting operations (Scobell, Wortzel, 2004). Tactical success, while required to set operational conditions, must be tied to attaining ...