War is a contest of wills. In U.S. doctrine there are today seven joint functions: intelligence, movement and maneuver, fires, information, protec- tion, sustainment, and C2. The purpose of the Fires WFF is to engage threat elements with lethal and less-lethal joint fires and effects, usually in coordination with manoeuvring ground forces (M2 WFF). Required fields are marked *, Copyright (c) 2022 / Part-Time-Commander.com. We must also firmly ground and continuously educate them in critical and creative thinking. Grant---I have been following your writings for a long number of years---this one is complex and has about three or four major points depending on interpretation---will respond but need to mull over a response as the points are both intriguing and very valid. through seven or eight functions, the two things are ultimately quite different. In your case in Iraq any place where there were loads of screens. Sparapet---this is not a notional example----it is the core problem with such discussions as this one especially when it goes towards UW/SW. The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Ironically, the seemingly bloodthirsty culture, when not participating in an estimated 20,00020,00020,000 human sacrifices a year, took great interest in the beauty of nature; Aztecs, who lacked plows or beasts of burden, took the time to grow beautiful flowers strictly for decoration. It must be something to do with the sort of personality attracted to these subjects, I imagine. In order for SOF to best contribute to operations within the human domain I assert that we have to do two things: 1) ensure our doctrine and concepts support a more nuanced and dynamic approach to operations at the conceptual level and, 2) mimic at the operational and strategic levels the same kinds of things that make us special at the tactical level. Many times good intentions morph into concepts that are meant to communicate vision, but instead drive questionable acquisition and funding strategies. [vii] When combined with the other functions- movement and maneuver, fires, intelligence, protection, sustainment, mission command- and welded together through leadership, the Seventh is supposed to enable decisive effects and ultimately success on the battlefield. 2- that this influence undermined the very foundation of our DoD system of systems- which relies on nested purposes and logic from the most tactical all the way up to the President's national security strategy. SF majors would offer SOF much more and gain greater experience if their main job was as a Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) planner in my opinion, or perhaps a more broadening experience like working in an embassy or at the State Department. It is noteworthy that within the ARSOF 2022 vision and related efforts, LTG Charles T. Cleveland, the commander of USASOC, calls for testing and experimentation of new and different operational planning constructs specifically with respect to Special Warfare. That we have been unable to incorporate the so-called lessons of the early days of Iraq into our operations in Afghanistan should cause us to seriously question the validity and universality of those lessons. The systematic theory is highly suspect, as the Soviet centralized system should have taught us. Today, we are going to discuss the Army Warfighting Functions. Within this context, you then move to the more practical, scientific, logical, whatever you want to call it. Also see his book: Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency. I assume.". The human domain, a conceptualization of the influence that populations have on military operations, is one way of viewing reality. I don't mean to nitpick, as your example is notional, and I am reading a little between the lines. Warfighting functions and the dependability of knowledge. To many, Operational Design has come to represent what is fundamentally wrong with recent U.S. Army concepts. Without that systemic logic- the system was doomed to strategic failure. Emerging from a 101010 collection of city-states with no central government, the Maya reached a cultural peak between A.D. 250250250 and 900900900. 7 . Joint Staff Warfighting Capability Analyst. I think is what Robert has been saying in a number of comments. Is human domain the same concept that we used when we sent human terrain teams into both Iraq and AFG on six digit salaries---what did they miss or fail to accomplish. To successfully incorporate informa - tion as a warfighting function, Marine leaders on all levels need to better un-derstand the information domain or how information flows in a metaphysi - cal realm. The goal of our young folks today -- via for example: diplomacy, development and defense -- is to undermine and eliminate the alternative ways of life and alternative ways of governance of the lesser and remaining states and societies and to, as in the case of the great powers above, replace these with ways of life and ways of governance which are more similar to our own. Bill C---is not human domain really a substitute term for Kilcullens' "conflict ecosystem". Rather, they are a heuristic model for understanding descriptively the way power can be directed to achieve ends on the battlefield. The movement in Mexico is called the Autodenfensa---so it is a typical mission for SF---it would have been in fact a mission in the 60/70s---I have deployed with less information and holding the mission-- assist the locals. Domains are simply constructs for understanding a situation. Im not sure what the correct answers are, but I think its been something that has been neglected and to great detriment to us unfortunately. Great points, as always Bill. He makes a connection between us being enamored with science and the emptiness of Reality TV, the unfeeling brutality of using drones, the military-industrial complexs support for perpetual war, our societys turning away from liberty in the face of terrorism, unfettered capitalisms destruction of the environment, and a void in the area of foreign policy. This Warfighting Function is the process of deploying troops to operational areas as well as maneuvering troops, equipment and arms to gain advantage over the enemy. He has served in Korea, Afghanistan and South America. Take the LeT fighters in Bombay. In the social realm critical realism still can be applied, but it is not predictive. D. The World Trade Organization (WTO). B. Perhaps the tools used to understand the world change but the basic overlying concept is the same, the need to decipher situations and people and trends. [xxi] I would assume Jean Baudrillard, from his Simulacra and Simulation (1981), would have a field day with how we have conducted Afghanistan. b. I'm not so sure the world is a safer or better place than it was 12 years ago. 5. This type of change is more likely to last and is what we are talking about when we talk about the Human Domain and its related Warfighting Function (WfF): the 7th WfF. Inca architecture still dots the Andean mountains and highlands as the timeless endeavors of a lost people. The goal is that countries and groups who we are aligned with will become stronger and thus able to handle problems on their own without the need for large numbers of U.S. troops, which arguably get in the way of long-term progress anyway. The HTS was a massively costly program for both the US Army and the taxpayer ---was a total waste of money---ie the Awakening was generated by AQI forking the Sunni insurgency not by anything Gen. P or Nagel did or what HTS provided in many badly written reports. At worst they are used as paradigms with which our force must use when thinking about, planning for, and acting during operations. RantCorp---lack of observation skills by the Force is also another problem-especially from our side--there are a number of basic infantry skill sets that have largely disappeared that no one seems to recognize. Interesting assessment on what I'm calling asymmetric surveillance approaches and much more. western-style nation building. Doing the SF legacy mission with none of the high selectivity. The Problem: Assuming a Technically Rational Approach within the Human Domain. Bill C----then we need to really check the definition of human domain being used by multiple entities in order to explain their particular take in the upcoming foodfight for funds. [xxvii] What should concern the American people and those within SOF, however, is how much capability we have lost to act within complex environments (i.e., the human domain) as Special Operations becomes more and more consumed by the exact same bureaucratic pressures that the conventional forces have long suffered from. These cookies do not store any personal information. machines to improve warfighting capability across the spectrum of military operations. Right now it has yet to be named, although some of the early candidates have included Influence, Engagement, and Shape. Army fires systems deliver fires in support of offensive and defensive tasks to create specific lethal and nonlethal effects on a target. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Commanders use thewarfighting functionsto help them exercise command and to help them and their staffs exercise control. NATURE OF PLANNING o Planning as Command and Control o The Functions of Planning and Plans o Uncertainty and Time: Planning for an Unknowable Future Strategically, that failure to understand the human factor is the root of the abject failure that the Army, Marines, and SOCOM are determined not to repeat.. Not always the case. Well done. It is what makes bringing a cookie-cutter approach to COIN and UW to be such a terrible idea, and yet our bureaucracy forces us into these approaches at the operational and higher levels. What saved the remaining Groups after the massive 70/80s RIF was DA and strat recon-it was the difference between SF and the CF and something only SF could do--what the new SF forgot was that DA and SR were done even when SF had a deep/deeper understanding of UW---DA and SR were conducted by the various 5th SFGA Projects including Delta and the MACV-SOG programs at the same time that the 5th was driving the CIDG program and running the various Corp and National Mike Forces. I think there needs to be some re-evaluation about these issues. [xxv] The Village Stability Program incorporated into Afghanistan, starting out a very promising concept, was quickly seized upon by the bureaucracy and forced into a one-size-fits-all construct that ignored the need for local nuance. We must introduce at least our SOF soldiers to the concepts of the critical realist[i] philosophy and to the practice of forming multi-paradigmatic views. Officers are power point deep on their MDMP- it is fill-in-the-blank thinking- if you can call that "thinking"- since much of it is copied/pasted from higher's OPORDs. SW demands from a SF team far more in what Germans call "spitzengefuelhlen" or the feelings in your fingertips or the Art that you refer to. All systems used to coordinate the delivery of these effects are included in the Fires WFF, and are therefore inherently linked to the Targeting and ISTAR IPA discussed later. It does this through the three sub-functions of movement, manoeuvre and mobility. Thank you for the listing and your comments. [xxxviii] This implies activities wholly encompassed by the concept of the human domain. Modern terrorists still target those they feel hold the power. Since instituting the Army Warfighting Functions, the U.S. military has worked in better partnership on joint military operations. In typical UW fashion he pulls his entire team together and they go over in detail all the circuits and devices---found nothing and went out to attempt it again. Yet SOF, following the Armys lead, is attempting to apply the physical domains constructs to this social domain. All warfighting functions possess scalable capabilities to mass lethal and nonlethal effects. Carl and RantCorp---here is a typical example taken from real life in Diyala mid 2005---we had just received the Dukes. 1. We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website . For example, on the one hand the methodology implores professionals to critically think, but it then defines the specific ways in which one must think about war, a wholly uncritical approach. Certainly an insight into the latter three can be gained from understanding the local culture. Neither did 202020 the Maya have a single emperor, though its kings were venerated as godlike, as in the Inca and Aztec cultures. | Disclaimer | Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy. (See below). Integrate all forms of Army, joint and multinational fires. Any armed group of men funded by anyone can do the ally part. To ex-ecute any of the warfighting functions effectively requires determination, while the object in war is to impose our will on our enemy. For them, uncertainty is a threat; its admission a sign of weakness. Thank you for stopping in today and please share this post with others. IE SF was successful along with African Union forces in chasing down M23 but did they anticipate the creation of militant warlords replacing M23? [x] Of course, that does not leave too much left. I think on a certain level that is true. Its SOF opposite, Special Warfare, is usually associated with Unconventional Warfare and COIN, but in truth includes those operations of long duration and limited footprint wherein a politically sensitive situation precludes a large foreign force on the ground. Carefully read the passage and choose the best answer for the question that follows. HERE is the issue that was recently discussed with a Robert Bunker over on the SWJ El Centro site. [viii] My pick would be The Sublime, but, since that might not have enough of a military sound to it, would offer social action instead in order to emphasize the social aspect as well as the requirement for action. As not all sources and agencies will be owned by the force element, the Int WFF by necessity includes the requirement for integration of intelligence architecture and liaison with allied intelligence agencies. AND if one does not believe that an insurgency does not learn from past events--just check the latest strategy statement from AQ issued Sept 2013. Indeed, advise/assist can be done by conventional forces. Perhaps in steps pertaining to Analysis & Comparison. Maneuver is the means by which commanders mass the effects of combat power to achieve surprise, shock, and momentum. Example ---who would have assumed two years ago that the fighting in Syria would in fact become the ME's center of a religious civil war where the issue of the Shia revival is coming to a point--- drawing militant Shia and Sunni's in from as far away as AFG (yes even AFG Shia are drifting into Syria now). The CIMIC aspect of the WFF is a command led function in order to ensure coordination with the mission objectives, and that the military efforts of the force are coordinated as part of the comprehensive approach. Everything evolved in and out of UW---I am surprised that the current SF senior leaders do not jump immediately back to UW/SW as it is and always has been the core historical success of SF. Then came the UW moment from my SF past when I asked him to explain what he meant by his comment even though "I already knew". In the old days we might have known that our goal -- via containment, etc. The Fires WFF includes the indirect fire capabilities organic to the force, such as mortars and artillery. The CIMIC aspect of the IA WFF is composed of all systems, capabilities and elements tasked to support or otherwise engage with the non-military communities, including dedicated CIMIC units. Original content is published under aCreative Commons Licenseper ourTerms of Use. - See more at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/node/12081#sthash.YjMssWdV.dpuf. Why assume that the SF/SOF community does not appreciate its "pred" and other feeds in conducting night raids and more typical pattern of life? Within Internalized Social Change, the social anthropological method of Participatory Observation is closest to the function of what SOF, and others acting within the Human Domain would be involved with: one would literally be involved in participatory action, observation, learning, and influencing- the emphasis being on participatory: meaning that one would be influenced just as much as the other being observed. If youd like to learn more about this subject, check out the book you see below on Amazon. Ah, now I see where we are talking past one another. Secondly, by attacking civilian targets, the terrorists strategy was to influence those within the power base? Because the underlying social rules and mechanisms are created by humans, they are constantly evolving over time and geography. It is essential to retaining and exploiting the initiative. ing functions. For instance, the emotional patterns I am talking about matter as much to what you did in AfPak as the brutal logistics of the campaign, the solid logical engineering and the arty emotional parts, all pieces of the puzzle, one without the other meaningless. All the while the SOF boys took on more and more of the smaller scale hunter-killer roles that while certainly physically and technically demanding, didn't seem all that "unconventional". MS 301: Training Management and the Warfighting Functions Revision Date: 31 March 2022 Lesson 20,23,26,29,32: Branch Orientation Briefings Student Handout 1 Information Briefing Sheet Cadets will prepare and present an information briefing concerning an assigned branch. It accomplishes this by engaging with non-military elements, conducting support and development activities to and with them, and coordinating actions between them and the force. "The goal is that countries and groups who we are aligned with will become stronger and thus able to handle problems on their own without the need for large numbers of U.S. troops, which arguably get in the way of long-term progress anyway.". The Mexican Constitution itself, in Article 10, makes it very clear. What are the 7 warfighting functions? Let me expand on this somewhat by providing a broader context: The goal is to transform the lesser and remaining outlier states and societies along modern western lines; this, so that they might better benefit from and better provide for the global economy. You make a great, and interesting, point in regards to the human domain and the two factors that you stated are now influencing the human domain. The Human Factor: The Enduring Relevance of Protecting Civilians in Future Wars. [xxx] If Operational Design is seen by ARSOF for what it really is: a methodology best belonging to the physical domains (at the tactical level mostly), rooted in technical rationality, and in direct contradiction with the human domain concept, then it is possible that a more applicable text could be produced. It borders on a religion and has been rejected by most disciplines (http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/positvsm.php). In the natural world, this underlying mechanism refers to the natural laws that have visible effects -- for example, gravity or aging. For purposes of the definition, the term enemy includes the entire range of threats and the term terrain includes weather. Likewise, the concept that the Air Force and Navy dont have anything to do with humans borders on the fantastical. Read More Informational Brief Instructions (NOTE: This is a . What are the 7 warfighting functions? Every village that does not have the safety and security of the institutions that were formed to do so, can be armed in self-defense of their rights, their property, their lives. The Fires WFF is composed of the architecture, systems and capabilities required to deliver and coordinate Fires from land or joint elements across multiple domains. For all the efforts at "understanding the culture" of the environments we are working it failed and I mean totally failed because we did not "understand the culture of the enemy". The danger lies with ARSOF copying the U.S. Armys use of physical domain approaches when it comes to the human domain. They could learn nothing at all about what the people in a platoon outpost are likely to do by looking at small town America. These arent mechanized divisions we are attempting to outflank or terrorists we are killing in the human domain, these are very contextual-dependent groups of people whose values we are attempting to appreciate and either influence or employ to some effect. In other words, the mission has only one solution: make local/paramilitary forces more lethal and reform local governance to distribute the political and economic power so that X does not consolidate power in the resulting imbalance that our support would createi.e. A hot mess of history, tangled alliances, intellectual confusion, and generally plenty of money to plug the gaps. Furthermore the village you are attempting to save has a culture that has been severely affected by decades of conflict and is somewhat different to how it once was or aspires to be. [xl] Although I think it is terrible to see war in terms of three levels: tactical, operational, and strategic, I use these terms for communication purposes. A warfighting function (WFF) is a group of tasks and systems united by a common purpose that commanders use to accomplish missions and training objectives. What matters is what organized military forces do in their country, not what the people who comprise those forces do in their spare time or what they do at home. I made a distinction for a few reasons: I am in the SOF community and am hoping to influence the SOF community as we begin an effort to more closely tie in with CF. But, if that statement mirrors the missions SOF receives, then there needs to be a deeper and more meaningful meaning-of-life-come-to-Jesus type conversation that needs to be had in Tampa about what UW/SW is as a tool and how policy shapes its implementation. The Staff have maps the Beards would give their right arms for, sat/drone photos they would not believe and a 24/7 live video feed I doubt they could even imagine. The U.S. military has become more professional, more centrally-managed, more technologically-enhanced, and more regimented since the ramp-up for the Cold War saddled the American people with a relatively large professional force. Technical rationality (TR) is closely linked to positivist philosophy and is the antithesis of critical realism: TR assumes the social world can be treated the same as the physical world in terms of philosophical approaches and using the scientific method can gain knowledge about it that can be exploited in action in the future. What was it we missed in our estimates of the enemy meaning long term they were finished (was not the surge success an indicator that they were finished) ---even though we got the indigenous side IE Iraqi security forces human domain right or at least we thought right. Any Medical Service Corps (MSC) officer worth his or her salt can quickly recite the 10 medical functions: medical mission command, medical treatment, hospitalization, medical evacuation, dental. ), PhD The Sociology of Military Science, Bloomsbury Academic, 8 NOV 2012. Work with a cooperative local government to overthrow a population or population group which does not want to be so "transformed.". QUOTE: Overthrow a local government that is standing in the way of progress (the state and societal transformations we desire). And as successful as SF efforts may be locally, they appear to make no headway toward achieving the larger goal of strategic influence of major centers of gravity. c. If the conservative/anti-western reform elements are in power, then you are probably embarked upon war to convince, coerce, compel or overthrow this unfriendly/uncooperative government -- who is resisting western change -- and to replace this government with one that will pursue our political objective (outlined above). Russian and Saurists posts after 1978 and ISAF and GoIRA over the past 12 years. In terms of our personnel system, at the tactical level we make up for the lack of flexibility by being able to rely on young, uninstitutionalized NCOs and officers who, because of the way they are normally deployed, we fortunately find it very difficult to micromanage. "A warfighting function is a group of tasks and systems united by a common purpose that commanders use to accomplish missions and training objectives. "I did not want to recall how many negative comments were made by countless officers about how stupid the insurgents were when in fact they are still in the fight and we are long gone from Iraq.". ~ Lightning Press. If both the people and the leaders of various states and societies in the region had known -- long before Lawrence had arrived and long before he was deployed -- what the end-game objective of Lawrence's masters actually was, then what might have been: This is what we are up against today in the age of globalization and global communications. For example, an integrated fires network would account for all of a commander's fires capabilities across all domains and quickly choose the best shooter for a specific target. Thus they are able to remain mission-focused and results-oriented. ~ Army U Press. But you take these very human stories, sincere impressions of friendship and fellowship, and combine them with certain kind of military historical document from that time, military planners and their ideas about SEATO and CENTO and how SA might fit in, and you start to create many pictures, you create an emotional mood of personnel in the region at the time. Understanding human domain means understanding the environment one operates in has been a true fact since the beginning of warfare not just since Iraq and AFG. A war to resist westernization and to preserve or reinstate their more traditional/preferred way of life and way of governance.). When COL Chamberlin ordered a bayonet charge from the defense he was banking on the fact that it would cause confusion in the enemy conducting the charge. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Similarly, what is Marine Corps doctrine? When someone asked him a difficult question, Walt _____ because he did not know the answer. Under democratic theory the political power rested with the people. C. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) The danger to SOF does not lie simply with the publication of the handbook: this is simply a symptom of a larger problem. All warfighting functions possess scalable capabilities to mass lethal and nonlethal effects. The belief that a well informed insight into the cultural environment of a typical Afghan village would equip you to deal with an armed opponent strikes me as quite absurd. IA also includes the sub-function Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC). There was a series of great comments on the question of UW recently in Dave Maxwell's SWJ article. Upon promulgation of Marine Corps Were learning what their culture is so next time we come back in, they understand who we are, and we understand who they are. Protection. 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