The Operational Arch Leading a Division into the Future Fight - MG Costanza (E16)
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Oct 1, 2023 Former Major General Costanza shares insights on leading a division into the future fight, emphasizing the importance of time, space, and operational art. The discussion covers challenges faced by division commanders, multi-domain operations, strategic planning for division staff, empowering officers through communication, and reimagining operational art in modern warfare.
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Use SAMS To Learn How To Think
- Use your SAMS year to practice thinking, not only to learn planning tasks; focus on theory, history, and critical analysis.
- Apply that thinking later to help solve tough Army problems at division and corps levels.
The Operational Levels Are Merging
- Operational levels are 'mushed' as tactics, operations, and strategy interweave closely due to new capabilities.
- The doctrinal 'operational arch' must adapt to near-real-time, cross-domain effects and tighter coupling between levels.
Modernization Outruns Doctrine
- Rapid modernization outpaces doctrinal thinking, leaving units to improvise how to fight new organizations and equipment.
- Planners must experiment and develop concepts rather than wait for perfect doctrine.