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Heart of Operational Art: Translating Strategic Objectives Into Tactical Missions

Heart of Operational Art: Translating Strategic Objectives Into Tactical Missions

Crain, William F.

Paperback

Armed ForcesMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 1288252315
ISBN13: 9781288252312
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This monograph examines the role of the operational level of war to translate strategic objectives into tactical missions. Evidence exists in both the joint and specific service doctrines which suggests that there is a lack of commonality in the language used to express these ends. In appears that to communicate military ends in the joint arena, the operational commander is confronted with the obstacle of a multi-language environment with numerous dialects. Theory provides a construct consisting of two primary elements -ends and levels of war. Specific ends are associated with a given level of war. These ends have several characteristics. They are duel linked between the levels of war, having a directive and supportive nature. The directive nature provides the end direction or purpose while the supportive nature reflects the degree of effectiveness sought. These Ends are associated with four levels of war-policy, strategy, operations and tactics. American Joint and service specific doctrines present the operational commander with the dilemma of being able to translate strategic military ends into tactical ends. This problem results from a lack of a common lexicon to express military ends and terms which have common usage but different definitions between the services. Similar to theory, the doctrines specifically recognize the strategic, operational and tactical levels of war, but do imply the fourth -policy. The study concludes that the heart of operational art is the ability to translate strategic objectives into tactical missions. This capability requires an understanding of the nature of military ends, the relationship between ends and the levels of war and the languages and dialects used in the joint and service doctrines.

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