Military transformation
Subtitle: a strategic approach.
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of Force Transformation.
Publisher: Director, Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Military doctrine -- United States.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization.
Notes: Cover title.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: U.S. defense strategy; value: Purpose of military transformation strategy; value: What is transformation?; value: Scope of transformation; value: Military transformation process; value: Compelling need for military transformation; value: Changed security environment; value: Military transformation, a strategic imperative; value: Military transformation, a technological imperative; value: Military transformation, a threat imperative; value: Military transformation, a risk mitigation imperative; value: Six critical operation goals; value: Protecting critical bases and defeating chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons; value: Projecting and sustaining forces in anti-access environments; value: Denying enemy sanctuary; value: Leveraging information technology; value: Assuring information systems and conducting information operations; value: Enhancing space capabilities; value: Four pillars of military transformation; value: Essential elements of the military transformation strategy; value: Pillar one, strengthening joint operations; value: Pillar two, exploiting U.S. intelligence advantages; value: Pillar three, concept development and experimentation; value: Pillar four, developing transformational capabilities; value: The emerging way of war; value: Military transformation and the strategic environment; value: Deter forward, a concept for prevention; value: Governing principles of a network-centric force; value: Network-centric operations and the domains of conflict; value: Effects-based operations; value: Conclusion.