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  2. Combat operations process - Wikipedia

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    The basic model of the combat operations area process includes five phases [1] that seek to acquire targets and objectives, allocate and orient appropriate forces for successful engagement of the enemy, make decisions about doctrinal approach to the engagement, execute the plan by engaging in combat, and conduct post-combat intelligence ...

  3. Organizational structure of the United States Department of ...

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    The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has a complex organizational structure.It includes the Army, Navy, the Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, the Unified combatant commands, U.S. elements of multinational commands (such as NATO and NORAD), as well as non-combat agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency ...

  4. Phase (combat) - Wikipedia

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    Not all phases of combat include fighting between armed forces. Phases can, and usually do overlap, and sometimes can be planned for parallel execution, often as part of deception planning. Phases typically found in offensive military operations are: Preparation. Intelligence gathering phase [1] Operations planning phase; Logistics management phase

  5. Military operation plan - Wikipedia

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    A military operation plan (commonly called a war plan before World War II) is a formal plan for military armed forces, their military organizations and units to conduct operations, as drawn up by commanders within the combat operations process in achieving objectives before or during a conflict. [1] Military plans are generally produced in ...

  6. Conflict continuum - Wikipedia

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    The mathematical model of game theory [a] originally posited only a winner and a loser (a zero-sum game) in a conflict, but was extended to cooperation (a win-win situation and a non-zero sum game), [b] and lets users specify any point on a scale between cooperation, [2] peace, [Note 1] rivalry, contest, [3] crisis, [4]: 2 and conflict [5 ...

  7. Intelligence cycle management - Wikipedia

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    Military strategist John Boyd created a model of decision and action, originally for air-to-air fighter combat, but which has proven useful in many areas of conflict. His model has four phases, which, while not usually stated in terms of the intelligence cycle, do relate to that cycle: Observe: become aware of a threat or opportunity.

  8. United States Department of Defense - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

  9. Transition to and from Hostilities - Wikipedia

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    The report made two key recommendations. First, that the management discipline demonstrated by United States Armed Forces in combat operations should be extended to peacetime work, post-conflict stabilization and intelligence in pre- and post-conflict phases of defense activities.