U.S. Army Joint Global Response Force (Combat Commander's Edition)

U.S. Army Joint Global Response Force (Combat Commander's Edition)
Author: Joint Global Response Force Research Group
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1365461289

COMBAT COMMANDERS: Need New Capabilities & Operational Concepts N-O-W? The JGRF has listened to your requests and shortened our book to ACTIONABLE equipment, weaponry, TTPE3 and CONOPS the Warfighter can act on N-O-W to gain COMBAT OVERMATCH against the enemy.

Enabling the Global Response Force

Enabling the Global Response Force
Author: Christopher G. Pernin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780833092472

"The Global Response Force (GRF) is built for rapid response to unforeseen or, more specifically, unplanned operations. Selected Army airborne forces provide a large portion of the GRF and are dependent on joint concepts for deployment and access. This study illustrates a method for determining the best access strategies given constraints in aircraft, intermediate staging bases, operational capabilities, and other factors. The study applies this method to each geographic combatant command and develops specific, tailored strategies for each. The access strategies are built from multiple analytic techniques: historical aircraft data and platform specifications to determine capabilities and limitations of the air fleet; several airfield databases, site reports, and expert judgments to determine probable intermediate staging base locations and their likely capabilities; multiple deployment concepts for access to minimize operational risks; and detailed geographic and operational analysis to determine global coverage and reach. In the end, we were able to deduce a preferred strategy for each of the combatant commands. Global access for the GRF is provided partially through the use of well-established staging bases but will necessarily rely on austere basing and complex deployment concepts for particular locations in multiple combatant commands. The study concludes with several recommendations to close those risks, which span the services, combatant commands, and joint staff"--Back cover.

The Armed Forces Officer

The Armed Forces Officer
Author: Richard Moody Swain
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 9780160937583

In 1950, when he commissioned the first edition of The Armed Forces Officer, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall told its author, S.L.A. Marshall, that "American military officers, of whatever service, should share common ground ethically and morally." In this new edition, the authors methodically explore that common ground, reflecting on the basics of the Profession of Arms, and the officer's special place and distinctive obligations within that profession and especially to the Constitution.

Deployment and Redeployment Operations

Deployment and Redeployment Operations
Author: U.s. Joint Force Command
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2014-07-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781500654023

The deployment and redeployment of US forces in support of combatant commander (CCDR) requirements are a series of operational events enabled by logistics. These activities are planned and executed by both the supported and supporting commanders. To effectively support multiple requirements, and apply the right level of priority and resources to each, requires effective global force management (GFM). GFM aligns force assignment, apportionment, and allocation methodologies in support of the National Defense Strategy, joint force availability requirements, and joint force assessments. Force projection is the ability to project the military instrument of national power in response to military operations. Force projection allows a joint force commander (JFC) to position and concentrate forces to set the conditions for mission success. The joint deployment and redeployment processes consist of four phases: planning, predeployment/pre-redeployment activities, movement, and joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (JRSOI).

General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War

General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1997
Genre: Generals
ISBN: 1428913351

General Kenney Reports is a classic account of a combat commander in action. General George Churchill Kenney arrived in the South- west Pacific theater in August 1942 to find that his command, if not in a shambles, was in dire straits. The theater commander, General Douglas MacArthur, had no confidence in his air element. Kenney quickly changed this situation. He organized and energized the Fifth Air Force, bringing in operational commanders like Whitehead and Wurtsmith who knew how to run combat air forces. He fixed the logistical swamp, making supply and maintenance supportive of air operations, and encouraging mavericks such as Pappy Gunn to make new and innovative weapons and to explore new tactics in airpower application. The result was a disaster for the Japanese. Kenney's airmen used air power-particularly heavily armed B-25 Mitchell bombers used as commerce destroyers-to savage Japanese supply lines, destroying numerous ships and effectively isolating Japanese garrisons. The classic example of Kenney in action was the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, which marked the attainment of complete Allied air dominance and supremacy over Japanese naval forces operating around New Guinea. In short, Kenney was a brilliant, innovative airman, who drew on his own extensive flying experiences to inform his decision-making. General Kenney Reports is a book that has withstood the test of time, and which should be on the shelf of every airman.

16 Cases of Mission Command

16 Cases of Mission Command
Author: Donald P., Donald Wright, Ph. D.
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494407155

For the US Army to succeed in the 21st Century, Soldiers of all ranks must understand and use Mission Command. Mission Command empowers leaders at all levels, allowing them to synchronize all warfighting functions and information systems to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative against a range of adversaries. This collection of historical vignettes seeks to sharpen our understanding of Mission Command philosophy and practice by providing examples from the past in which Mission Command principles played a decisive role. Some vignettes show junior officers following their commander's intent and exercising disciplined initiative in very chaotic combat operations. Others recount how field grade officers built cohesive teams that relied on mutual trust to achieve key operational objectives. Each historical account is complemented by an annotated explanation of how the six Mission Command principles shaped the action. For this reason, the collection is ideal for leader development in the Army school system as well as for unit and individual professional development. Mission Command places great responsibility on our Soldiers.

What it Takes

What it Takes
Author: Michael Spirtas
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

When appropriate, the U.S. Air Force needs to be prepared to supply joint task force (JTF) headquarters. If the U.S. Air Force takes the steps necessary to produce JTF-capable units, both the service and the nation would benefit. The authors consider the nature of JTF command, survey command-related developments in other services and in other elements of the defense community, and examine four JTF operations. They raise issues for the Air Force to consider and offer a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing the Air Force's ability to staff and run JTF headquarters.