Maneuver Support: From Concept to Future Employment

摘要

After nearly 15 years of conducting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is broadening its focus to near-peer competitors, engaging the United States in what is called conventional warfare. Consequently, Army leaders and planners are heavily engaged in developing concepts and capabilities to deter and defeat these comparable future adversaries. In the near- to far-term, solutions include upgrading existing equipment, procuring new systems, updating or creating new doctrine in the current force, and developing concepts and capabilities that anticipate projected technological advances and changes in geopolitical realities. This article briefly examines key Army concepts used to guide this fundamental shift and realignment of focus to major combat operations across all domains, details the purpose of the maneuver support functional concept, and highlights the maneuver support community role within that construct now and into the future.