The. While that may be correct, I did not list it here because I believe Special Operations itself, uses the six above, which would make it a unit using the system. The Sublime: The Paradox of the 7th Warfighting Function, (Or why SOF cannot eat our function and have it too). It does this through the three sub-functions of movement, manoeuvre and mobility. 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. Yes, this is going to be hard and it is a very complex area, but I don't think it is totally unmanageable or even unmeasurable. 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. The bureaucracy loves its metrics. 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. Plus, there has been less friendly fire incidents. Final questions: Does the "enemy" have a better understanding than we do as to our offensive strategy and our goals and objectives? Or, 2. Where is that quote from? The precise, intricate stonemasonry of Inca pyramids, fortresses, and walls commands the respect of even modern masons. In the middle of the interrogation he says to me---"you all know that we know you are jamming our detonators"---being internally literally surprised by the statement---outward answer was sure we know. Taken from the www.borderlandbeat.com from today. we turn to our warfighting philosophy found in MCDP 1, Warfighting. [xxxiii] I would argue SOF played catch-up after 2001 and that it wasnt until 2003 or a little later that the tactical level headquarters (Group- although I dispute that a deployed Group HQ is tactical) began mimicking the bureaucracy of its higher headquarters. Though weathered or overgrown, the relics stand as permanent markers of the ingenuity and art of the pre-Columbian civilizations. If they really understood this stuff that well I would argue that there would be no need for us to step in. 19 What are the 7 Army warfighting functions? 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It accomplishes this by supporting the force to ensure it has the capacity to act and continue to act until successful achievement of the mission. Know and define one's friends and allies. I know this may sound conspiratorial- but it is largely emergent and unconscious- so it isn't insidious in a malicious way (no intent). 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. Information Briefing Format II. Interesting assessment on what I'm calling asymmetric surveillance approaches and much more. And, thereby. Ah, now I see where we are talking past one another. It only has to be a tiny increment for the difference between 10 days and 10,000 days for the odds to stack up very heavily in HNs favor. Essentially thru their M1Es the HN Command have developed a intuitive connection to the Khost conflict ecosystem. How does the textbook's discussion of Anglo-American settlers in the Ohio Valley support or challenge each of the historians' arguments regarding British policy? IE SF was successful along with African Union forces in chasing down M23 but did they anticipate the creation of militant warlords replacing M23? IMO the failure to understand the simple basics of the fighting culture or fighting motive-sets of our opponents undermines every aspect of our effort in Afghanistan. Training them, advising them in raids (and in taking control of territory and then dealing with the inevitable retribution, extra-legal justice, and power struggles), especially in austere conditions, may well require a special task organization (i.e. [xxi] I would assume Jean Baudrillard, from his Simulacra and Simulation (1981), would have a field day with how we have conducted Afghanistan. 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. The protection warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the commander can apply maximum combat power to accomplish the mission (ADP 3-0). On a personal note, I remember when I was in Iraq in 2003, 2004/05, all the internet cafes on the FOBs that allowed our troops lots of free time when they were back inside the wire to communicate with family, friends etc. The following passage describes the characteristics of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures of Central and South America. Mentioned as inspiration for The Matrix films, one might compare the militarys paradigm to the Matrix: we are locked into it, but unaware of its existence. Its antithesis is post-positivism, or, as many prefer to call it- especially within the military- critical realism. Listed below are the main points from those ideas. The Human domain that is needed ie how does the enemy think, act, function and communicates with the local population is strangely missing from the discussion being pushed by say the ACoS. Its language is one of math and formulaic metaphor,[xvii] its logic is the scientific method, and its philosophy is of the Enlightenment Period. Because the underlying social rules and mechanisms are created by humans, they are constantly evolving over time and geography. Linear logic and metrics are required to justify and validate requirements; narrative and anecdote are abhorred by the bureaucracy. We cannot rest on the assumption that the tools developed for the physical domains, that were geared for the Industrial Age timeframe and grounded in an Enlightenment Era philosophy will serve us the best. It is also the means of focusing They will have experience high, low, strong, light and variable: snowfall , wind, rain, fog, temperature & humidity - in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Similarly, what is Marine Corps doctrine? UW by the way can be boring as well as extremely hectic and then boring---whereas DA is so "in"----the thing of movies--whereas training and living with your troops on a daily basis and trying to move the ball forward just three centimeters is something that is of no interest to movie makers. Easy stuff we were good at. B130876 Warfighting 7 Basic Officer Course . One organizations human domain is not how the ACoS uses it. By its nature, the M2 WFF exists in the physical domains and inherently in close proximity to the threat and civilian elements. It was designed to break the will of the population and force the Churchill to sue for peace. "Social" facts can be analyzed too, just not in the way you might analyze, say, a set of temperature readings. IMHO in UW unless we champion the critically of the M1E and recognize the limitations of digitization in our planning process we dont have a prayer. WFF are the physical means that tactical commanders use to execute operations and accomplish missions assigned by a superior commander. I seriously doubt it. | Disclaimer | Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy. 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. Sustainment determines the depth and duration of Army operations. where there is no, as yet, defined and identifiable enemy. The personnel system promotes, evaluates, and selects SOF personnel for command under the same construct as the conventional force personnel. Read More This goes back to your comments concerned SW vs what I call the glorious kick down the door mentality. Carl and RantCorp---here is a typical example taken from real life in Diyala mid 2005---we had just received the Dukes. Its interesting that in your exchange with the detainee, he basically pointed out that part of the way they figured out their detonator problem was by going to open sources and specifically the example where the guy found a Facebook picture and post of a soldier on the soldier's Facebook page. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. 25: More Chinese Ferry Tales: China's Use of Civilian Shipping in Military Activities, 2021-2022, Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies, The Goshen Massacre and the Specter of Cartel Spillover Into the US, Dangerous Alliances: Russias Strategic Inroads in Latin America, Year Ahead Emerging Technologies and the Collection of Battlefield Evidence, How Does Matter Matter In International Conflict and Security? That's a good one. As LTG Sacolick and BG Grisgsby wrote in the June 2012 issue of Army Magazine: The concept of the human domain is the cognitive foundation of the 7th warfighting functions lethal and nonlethal capabilities to assess, shape, deter and influence foreign security environments.[ix]. Also let me suggest that our enemies may have a better understanding of our political objective -- and, thus, the war that we and they are embarked upon -- than do many of our leaders and soldiers. One note on the mission scenario your notional SOF team receives.it is not so much a mission as a policy statement. The human domain, a conceptualization of the influence that populations have on military operations, is one way of viewing reality. This practitioner further learns while doing, always able to revisit assumptions due to an intellectual humbleness with respect to the world. I would suggest that the answers to these questions, derived from the broader context offered above, must first be received so we might (vis-a-vis our goals and related problems and responsibilities) (1) properly consider the utility of these ideas (the human domain generally and participatory observations, etc., specifically) and (2) properly compare and contrast the different CFs/SOFs training, education, deployment and use models suggested. 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. [ii] See Stan Wiechniks excellent article, Political Legitimacy and Values in the Small Wars Journal, 17 NOV 2013, for a discussion on the importance of values within the more population-centric missions as opposed to those subjects like governance normally found within our doctrine. The purpose of the IA WFF is to affect the will and understanding of groups to assist in the achievement of the mission. What happens when the local populations finally after being brutually held down and are afraid to even come out of their houses DOES come out of their houses fully armed and willing to defend their villages/towns/cities? The distinction you explicitly make seems to detract from your deeper point. I assume. Well, enough with my psychobabble for now. Seems like the Autodefensas are a pretty conventional light infantry paramilitary organization (a local Auxiliary, in Roman parlance). 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Identifies strength and weaknesses, Encompasses all activities required to sustain (beans, bullets, band aids), measures taken to protect friendly forces, management and integration of info, deliberate integration with warfighting functions. The opposition in AF are not fit, they are poorly trained and they have clapped out gear. Merton described many of the problems that are endemic to bureaucracies: "trained incapacity" resulting from "overconformity", defending of ones own entrenched interests rather than acting to benefit the organization, resisting change to established routines, emphasizing formality and process over relationships, and trained to ignore context and circumstance. The difference is that equipment is easy to count, education is not. We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website . It is akin to saying "go be an ally to X against Z, but make sure X isn't the only power/influence game in town when you leave". I suppose we are saying the same thing, all of us, but talking past one another at times. Unfortunately, most people in the military are unaware of their own philosophy- or, at the least, the institutional philosophy that their doctrine, planning constructs, and systems and processes are founded upon. All warfighting functions possess scalable capabilities to mass lethal and nonlethal effects. The purpose of the Protection WFF is to preserve combat power, the ability of the force to operate in the threat environment. A particular IED group had been literally giving us fits meaning statistically seen a gun truck would be hit once in every three trips out the wire---this particular group had gotten extremely good with RC IEDs. Most preferably, however, we would waste no time in adapting to the philosophical approach of the vast majority of the rest of the scientific world, to include most of the social sciences- and that is to a critical realist philosophy. Everything indicates that as the world becomes more complex, unpredictable, uncertain and fragile, many of the institutions, such as formal democracy, the market, centralized justice, the banks, will become obsolete. Next attempt the IED detonated between the vehicles. We will do all of this while we continue down a path that relegates us to being little better than our conventional brethren in terms of operational and strategic prowess. When Sun Tzu noted that Armies move like water he was noting that it is human nature to take the path of least resistance to move along open routes and advance downhill is easier than to move uphill. For example, even if say an AQ affiliate is killing some of the local population in their attacks on the government why is it they still find resonance/support in portions of the same attacked population---we never did attempt o understand that in Iraq. MCDAPO Team; MCDAPO Current References; MCDAPO Studies; Contact Us; MCDAPO 101; Resources; Headquarters and Service Battalion. I agree with your assessment, the way we use technology largely replaced our use of the M1E to gain a true understanding of our operational environment, so while we have better battle field awareness on a T.V. You should have resurrected your SF VN R&R party trick and set Flashbangs everywhere rear echelon personnel were real assholes. CF brigades, however, DO fight and maneuver, and their battalions also fight and maneuver, therefore the comparison and job experience of the two are not the same. 3 The nature of war does not change, even though the Marine Corps added an additional warfighting function to our lexicon. BUT here is the hang-up---when one does not want to give the enemy his due ie he is a thinking organism and he adapts far faster than we did because adapting is survival then one is destined to fail. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. The Sustainment WFF is composed of all systems, elements and capabilities relating to the provision, movement, sustenance and well-being of personnel, materiel and installations. [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. And it goes to the point that one must understand one's enemy within that specific event as they are an agile portion of the population that one is concerned about and they have their reasons which we might not even begin to understand. Commanders, assisted by their staffs, integrate numerous processes and activities within their headquarters and across the force through the command and control functions. The self, the psyche, must be involved somewhere. A war to resist westernization and to preserve or reinstate their more traditional/preferred way of life and way of governance.). Administrative movement (generally movement via strategic transport) is included in the Sustainment WFF. As I said in my comment above, Kilcullen's ecosystems seems to me to be another way of saying "this is the world as I understand it," which isn't really a new concept. This that any different than the Sunni Awakening movement--I personally do not think so. 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. I think what throws everything off is that: a. The seven warfighting functions are command and control, fires, force protection, information, intelligence, logistics, and maneuver. His story was we had been hitting you on every patrol and on this particular day a gun truck patrol came by and I detonated--but nothing happened which was strange as they had always worked---kept trying and then when the last truck went by it detonated. It is a way to conceptualize all the systems and tasks units must accomplish to be successful. I am of the opinion that the entire concept that the CF threw into the fight---the Human Terrain System actually caused more problems than helped---yes they focused on the actual population but did they give a BCT a single insight into the enemy's thinking and acting---not really. That Special Operations is just now getting around in my opinion to being in the same boat is a reflection of two occurrences: the 1987 establishment of Special Operations as a 4-star command and the large growth in Special Operations since 9/11. The protection warfighting function enables the commander to maintain the forces integrity and combat power. The warfighting functions are the physical means that tactical commanders use to execute operations and accomplish missions assigned by superior tactical- and operational-level commanders. would be safe from effective enemy fire 24/7, versus the random attacks with dumb weapons that are normally way off the mark. Secondly, by attacking civilian targets, the terrorists strategy was to influence those within the power base? Can you imagine the reaction of the Indian authorities if you suggested they study Pakistani Punjab village culture in order to counter a repeat of the attack on the Taj Hotel and VT. Who says that a "human domain" warfighting function would solely be the domain of SF? [x] Of course, that does not leave too much left. The Pushtoon Secessionists fighting the Pak Army across the border in Pakistan are a good fit but a similar approach to Counter UW is IMO a dead loss at best and dangerously ruinous at worst. It is normally associated with initiative. The scope of engagement may include Other Government Agencies (OGA), Non-Government Organisation (NGO), Host Nation (HN) Government, and key elements within the civil community in general. It teaches people the danger when they fail to observe their physical environment (under their ergonomic desk chair) and drives home the point that real pain (having your pants blown out of the roof of the shit-house) and pain on a TV screen have nothing in common. The human domain implies the social realm: a dominion of non-visible abstractions that, although mostly falling outside of the scientific are nonetheless real, if real means to have an effect on others. most important function is to build and maintain a complete, up-to-date copy of the blockchain database. The other says it is wholly wrong. [xix] The idea that one can tell at a glance what needs to be done and, although usually applied to looking at terrain, some, including Clausewitz, have used it to describe something beyond just terrain. The human domain![vi] This conversation happened, supposedly, in the context of a discussion about the Armys Seventh Warfighting Function (WfF),". The purpose of the Sustainment WFF is to maintain the forces freedom of action. To this end I don't necessarily understand the distinction you make between CF and SOF. [xxxviii] USDA, Special Operations, ADP 3-05, 2012, 8. What does it mean to have a warfighting culture? Shortly after noon and simultaneously, the community police of Tanctaro, Buena Vista, Aguililla, Tepalcatepec and La Ruana liberated the municipalities of El Zapote, El Corrijo and Rancho Grande, where 18 villages coexist with about 500 inhabitants, just like Acahuato, in the municipality of Apatzingn. Lastly, all of these capabilities would be used to develop an innovative approach to complex problems, those problems that are inherent when the military attempts social change. The higher levels, however, are filled with officers and senior NCOs who have been institutionalized and are largely influenced- both consciously and largely unconsciously- by the bureaucracys systems and processes. I assume.". He had a mental age of around 14 and could barely read and write English. Trusting a subordinate to plan and execute a mission objective enhances efficiency and places the U.S. at an advantage against its near-peer rivals. Will any of these ideas help us to help "them" (pro-westernizing governments v. their resistant populations -- or -- pro-westernizing populations v. their resistant governments) overcome the turmoil and chaos (state failure, insurgencies, rebellion, crime, etc.) And one can use art, I'd argue, to re-imagine one's mission- all the while not straying too far outside of one's constraints. If one took the time to "understand the Sunni, Shia and AQI in Iraq one "saw" them at work---their surveillance, their targeting process, their swarm tactics and especially their thinking on the use of IEDs---and if one "understood" that then one could move onto their strategy which drove their battlefield tactics. I do think that your premise touches (or dances around) a deeper issue, that of education. Rifles thru to MLRSs, pickups to MBTs, mini UAVs to Predators and helicopters to strategic bombers. d. On the other hand, if the liberal/pro-western reform folks are in power, then you are probably embarked upon a war to help this friendly/cooperative government defeat the more conservative elements within the state and society, to wit: those who are resisting our and their governments' efforts to transform the state and society more along modern western lines. I submit that art has a place in war, although many of us military types are a little uncomfortable about the word. The human domain![vi] This conversation happened, supposedly, in the context of a discussion about the Armys Seventh Warfighting Function (WfF), which as a concept is still being worked, but would add a function to the Armys list of those six things it must now do to theoretically maximize combat power. Direct fire is inherent in maneuver, as is close combat. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Archaeologists and treasure hunters scour newly discovered burial platforms and caves in search of knowledge that might contribute to the modern understanding of the lost cultures, and also, undoubtedly, to find relics made of that one material valued by both the ancient and modern worlds: gold. The Armys warfighting functions link directly to the joint functions. 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. This philosophy, for instance, leaves us enamored with metrics and attempting to quantify the unquantifiable. I'm not so sure the world is a safer or better place than it was 12 years ago. I couldn't agree more with this comment- and I think this is one area in which we fail miserably. ~ Lightning Press. It also includes the non-physical aspects of the force such as information and reputation. In my opinion the human domain is nothing more than observations on human nature and has always been a part of military thinking. Did we have PME classes using insurgent battle videos released via the internet to give deploying personnel the necessary understanding of the ideology driving the various insurgent groups---no not really because we declared them propaganda and refused to engage. Great points, as always Bill. Current doctrine does not adequately address the moral, cognitive, social, and physical aspects of human populations in conflict. Thank you for stopping in today and please share this post with others. The offense cannot sustain itself indefinitely. The seven warfighting functions are command and control, fires, force protection, information, intelligence, logistics, and maneuver. They learn what that outpost will do by looking at that outpost, which if I get it right, is sort of RantCorp's point. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. It always struck me a little odd in a way because it was the first time in our history where anyone literally could come in off a mission and then sit down on a computer and talk with your wife, parents, friends etc. IO is not a discrete, stand alone capability but is the integrated, coordinated, and synchronized operational application of all information-related capabilities (IRCs) 5, both organic and non-1 Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 1, Warfighting, 20 June . 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