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DTIC ADA416081: Conceptual Transformation for the Contemporary Operational Environment

The purpose of this monograph is to recommend the retention, modification, or abandonment of certain concepts of the current elements of operational design based on their continued validity within the contemporary operational environment. Military theorists and doctrine writers have struggled over the last two decades with the concept of a revolution in military affairs and its impact on current and future operational concepts. This monograph seeks to answer the question of whether the elements of operational design currently used in the campaign planning methodology remain valid in the contemporary operational environment. Many writers are attempting to answer this question and to resolve the conflicts between each services view of how to visualize, describe, and ultimately direct operations. Their answer to this question will drive the Joint services and subsequently the U.S. Army's operational concepts for the near future. This paper's method examines the assertion that theoretical elements that are valid in one operational environment remain valid in another operational environment. Transfer validity holds as long as the environments are sufficiently similar. If the environment

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