Class 5: Military operations and campaigns

The continuum of action

1. Deterrence

2. Training and exercises

3. Operational Engagement

What are the decisive factors of operations?

1. Prudent planning

2. Campaign design

3. Strategic actions

Operations planning

A short term military prepardness consisting off:

1. Prudent planning

2. Contingency plans

3. Crisis response plans

4. Standing defense plan

Prudent planning

Pro-active kind of planning.

Contingency planning

Hypothetical kind of planning (“what if” scenario’s)

Crisis response planning

An immediate reaction to an (adversary’s) action or event.

Standing defense plan

Mobilization for national and alliance defense.

Defense planning

A long term military prepardness consisting off:

• Force planning

• Armaments planning

• C3 planning

• Logistics planning

• Civil emergency planning

Force planning

Ensuring troop readiness.

Armaments planning

Weapons procurement.

C3 planning

Command-control-communication

Logistics planning

Supply chains and sustainment

Civil emergency planning

National resilience and crisis response

Military instruments

1. Landpower

2. Seapower

3. Airpower

4. Special ops

5. Cyberpower

6. Missiles

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of landpower?

Primary function

• Control human terrain

Key characteristics

• Most versatile

• Cost-effective

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of seapower?

Primary function

• Control sea lines of communication

Key characteristics

• Enables power projection

• Slow transport

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of airpower?

Primary function

• Air superiority and force projection

Key characteristics

• Fast transport

• High firepower delivery

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of special ops?

Primary function

• Special recon

• Military assistence

• Direct action

Key characteristics

• Executes missions conventional forces cannot

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of cyberpower?

Primary function

• Influence

• Disruption

• Sabotage

Key characteristics

• Operates in the digital sphere

What are the primary functions and key characteristics of missiles?

Primary function

• Strategic deterrence

• Precision strikes

Key characteristics

• High destructive capability

What are the phases of an operations design?

1. Shape phase

2. Defende phase

3. Restore phase

4. Transition phase

Whic strategies can be used during an operations design?

• Deter strategy

• Operations strategy

• Information strategy

What are the operational objectives?

1. Secure freedom of movement

   • Through deterrence, operations and information

2. Defend territory

   • Through deterrence, operations and information

3. Restore territory

   • Through operations and information

4. Neutralize weapons of mass destruction of capabilities

   • Through operations

The measures of performance

Validation of quality of activities (“Are we doing things right?”)

The measures of effectiveness

The validation of the effectiveness of activities (“are we doing the right things?”)