Full-Dimension Operations Planning Constructs: Thinking 'Out of the Box' for the21st Century

摘要

The Revolution of Military Affairs (RMA), occasioned by technological advancesand the shift-drift-rift of paradigms born of multi-polar world realities, is rich with vision, but hobbled by lingering Cold War mentalities. Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the way the U.S. Army approaches situation analysis and operations planning. Certain time-honored constructs, long ingrained in the Army's psyche from foot soldier to war-fighting four star, continue to survive as