"Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield: An Exemplar of..." Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Oct 2016 1:01 p.m. PST |
… Joint Combined Arms Maneuver. "On 24 August 2016, Turkey invaded Islamic State-controlled northern Syria, deploying land, air, and special operations forces alongside Free Syrian Army (FSA) elements across the Turkish-Syria boarder in a broad, unilateral offensive operation against the Islamic State and Kurdish rebel groups. Named Operation Euphrates Shield (OES), this ongoing Turkish military operation demonstrates the continued relevance of land power for achieving strategic objectives. In just over seven weeks of combat operations, Turkey has seized control of a 1,100 square kilometer area and achieved numerous strategic ends. OES is occurring in the type of environment envisioned by the U.S. Army Operating Concept (AOC), provides contemporary examples of multi-domain battle and joint combined arms maneuver concepts, and offers tactical and operational lessons-learned for consideration by the land forces of NATO Allies and partners. The OES Operational Environment Turkey is conducting OES in an operational environment that largely adheres to that described for the 2020-2040 timeframe by the AOC. The AOC asserted at its publication in 2014 that the future operational environment likely would include five characteristics with significant impact on land operations: increased velocity and momentum of human interaction and events; potential for overmatch; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; spread of advanced cyberspace and counter-space operations; and demographics and operations among populations…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 18 Oct 2016 2:57 p.m. PST |
Pretty interesting and I like the AOC. Plus, I'm more impressed by the Turks than I first thought I would be. |
Tango01 | 19 Oct 2016 10:27 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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