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Rack FC – Concepts & Doctrine
Aisle F — Force Structure
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Force Structure (F): Force Strategy & Planning (FA) — Concepts and Doctrine (FC) — Force Development (FD) — Manning the Force (FM) — Organizing and Equipping the Force (FO) — Force Posture & Stationing (FP) — Roles and Missions (FR)
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This rack is focused on concepts and doctrine from which the defense enterprise (especially the services) determine their force structure requirements.
This shelf focuses on the processes associated with the development of concepts and doctrine that drives structure decisions (and also spills over into modernization — see Aisle M). The inclusion of actual unclassified concepts and doctrine is for the purposes of examining the intellectual energy and processes associated with their production, not in the concepts themselves.
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- Army, ADRP 3-0, Unified Land Operations, May 2012.
- CJCS Instruction 3010.02, Guidance and Development and Implementation of Joint Concepts — E Version (August 2016) | D Version (November 2013)
- Joint Staff, CCJO, Capstone Concept for Joint Operations: Joint Force 2020, September 2012.
Strategies and Reports:
- Air-Sea Battle Office, Air-Sea Battle: Service Collaboration to Address Anti-Access & Area Denial Challenges (Washington, DC: Departments of the Air Force and Navy, May 2013).
- Mattis, James. Joint Concept Development Vision (memorandum from Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, May 28, 2009).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Cook, James L. “The Importance of Joint Concepts for the Planner,” Joint Force Quarterly 99 (4th Quarter 2020): 95-100.
- Dougherty, Chris. “Implementing the National Defense Strategy Demands Operational Concepts for Defeating Chinese and Russian Aggression,” Center for a New American Security, April 2019.
- NOTE: Original paper no longer available through the CNAS website.
- Echevarria II, Antulio J., “Operational Concepts and Military Strength,” The Heritage Foundation, October 7, 2016, https://www.heritage.org/military-strength-topical-essays/2017-essays/operational-concepts-and-military-strength
- Flynn, George J., “Joint Force Development Vision: Adapting to New and Future Realities,” Joint Force Quarterly 64 (1st Quarter 2012): 148-152, https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-64/jfq-64_148-154_Flynn.pdf
- Greenwood, Tom and Pat Savage, “In Search of a 21st-Century Joint Warfighting Concept,” War on the Rocks, September 12, 2019, https://warontherocks.com/2019/09/in-search-of-a-21st-century-joint-warfighting-concept/
- Gunzinger, Mark. “A Consensus-Driven Joint Concept for All-Domain Warfare Will Fall Short,” Defense News, September 22, 2020, https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/09/22/a-consensus-driven-joint-concept-for-all-domain-warfare-will-fall-short/
- Schwarz, Erik, “A New Approach to Joint Concepts,” Joint Force Quarterly 89 (2nd Quarter 2018): 126-129.
- Thomas, Jon T. “Implementing Joint Operational Access,” Joint Force Quarterly 75 (4th Quarter 2014): 139-142.
This shelf contains examples of Army concept documents (unclassified / releaseable) and related white papers past and present.
White Papers:
- Army, Army Multi-Domain Transformation: Ready to Win in Competition and Conflict, Chief of Staff Paper #1, unclassified version, March 16, 2021.
Concept Documents:
- TRADOC Pam 525-2-1, The United States Army Functional Concept for Intelligence, October 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-0, The Army’s Future Force Capstone Concept 2016-2028, December 2009.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-1, The United States Army Operating Concept 2016-2028, August 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-3, The United States Army Functional Concept for Mission Command 2016-2028, October 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-4, The United States Army Functional Concept for Fires 2016-2028, October 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-5, The United States Army Functional Concept for Protection 2016-2028, October 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-3-6, The United States Army Functional Concept for Movement and Maneuver 2016-2028, October 2010.
- TRADOC Pam 525-4-1, The United States Army Functional Concept for Sustainment 2016-2028, October 2010.
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Orsi, Doug. “Will New Doctrine Fix Mission Command?” WAR ROOM, October 9, 2019, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/new-doctrine-mission-command/
Title image credit: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and Joint Concepts Library, public domain.
Force Structure (F): Force Strategy & Planning (FA) — Concepts and Doctrine (FC) — Force Development (FD) — Manning the Force (FM) — Organizing and Equipping the Force (FO) — Force Posture & Stationing (FP) — Roles and Missions (FR)
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