Full Spectrum Operations: An Analysis of Course Content at the Command and General Staff College; Monograph

摘要

The consequences for failing to prepare for the next war can be significant. How does the United States military balance the perceived requirement for its traditional competencies in major combat operations with the near-term requirement for counterinsurgency trained forces. Can one Army follow two grand strategies, simultaneously. In February 2008, the Army approved FM 3-0, Operations, and introduced Full Spectrum Operations as the new operational concept to satisfy both grand strategies. This monograph examined the Intermediate Level Education, the Advanced Military Studies Program, and the Tactical Commanders Development Program curricula at the Command and General Staff College to determine how much emphasis each school placed on operational themed instruction, and the balance of the themed instruction across each of the following five operational themes: peacetime military engagement, limited intervention, peace operations, irregular warfare, and major combat operations.