By Land, Sea Or Air

Résumé du livre

"The current environment of worldwide ambiguity, combined with U.S. military force reductions and fiscal austerity, creates numerous challenges for the Joint Force. As the individual services deal with the realities of constrained resources and competing objectives, there will undoubtedly be consequences, unintended or otherwise, to protect core competencies at the expense of "true" joint integration. The proliferation of anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) strategies by nations unable to match US military capabilities further complicates America's ability to project power worldwide. While the Joint Force deals with all the various internal challenges in both the near and distant futures, it must not lose focus on the external challenges. Only a Joint Force that retains specified integrated competencies and regularly trains integration and training constructs for Joint Forcible Entry Operations are insufficient to meet National strategic requirements and leaves the military at risk of mission failure, or victory with unacceptable losses or consequences. On numerous occasions, since 1942, the United States has demonstrated a willingness to use joint forcible entry operations to achieve operational and strategic end states worldwide. Oftentimes, the mere threat of employing a competent and capable force served as a deterrent to nations who threatened U.S. national interests abroad. This thesis utilizes historical case studies to bridge the past use of forcible entry operations to contemporary and future operational and strategic requirements. This thesis explores current U.S. strategy, doctrine and emerging concepts. It concludes with a recommendation for an improved collective training exercise to prepare the joint force for emerging A2/AD threats."--Abstract.