Among these themes are strategy and policy match, theories of victory, mirror imaging, adequacy of strategy, prewar plans and wartime realities, coalition warfare, and patterns of warfare. Central to the course is learning how to plan and conduct joint operations. This module focuses on theater organization, operational functions, and campaign planning. History and exercises will help answer these questions. Students will analyze theater threats to national interests and develop a campaign plan in the Northeast Asia Theater of Operations in collaboration with the other five senior-level colleges.
Students occupy senior command and staff positions on joint and combined staffs.
This historical perspective will provide a basis for understanding current doctrine while contributing insights into campaign planning and theater strategy. Students will examine U.S. regional interests, objectives, trends, and factors. The ASAP students will conduct three staff rides and two staff visits. The initial staff ride to Vicksburg is designed to begin the course with a historical look at a Civil War campaign. The second staff ride provides an opportunity to study Grant s Overland Campaign of 1864.