Brigade Combat Teams: Designed to Design

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Abstract:

Should the U.S. Army allocate an Advanced Military Studies Program AMSP graduate to the Brigade Combat Teams plans cell in light of a decade of doctrinal changes and modularity This monograph analyzes a decades worth of change in the U.S. Army, post September 11, 2001. Ten years of combat operations and Army modularity has not only changed the way the Army fights, but how it must think. This monograph presents four recommendations for the Army to consider to close the operational planning gap in the BCT plans cell 1 expand the AMSP to provide one operational planner per BCT, 2 reallocate the current annual AMPS graduates to provide one per BCT, 3 incorporate the Armys design methodology instruction into the Command and General Staff School curriculum, and 4 provide an operational planners course mobile training team to deploying BCTs.

Author(s):
Kelly, John A.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
Descriptive Note:
Monograph
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0049

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USACGSC/SAMS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_5.4.3_Establish Rule Sets; JCA_5.4.5_Intuit; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_8.2.2_Provide Aid to Foreign Partners and Institutions; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.4_Doctrine; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3; Cyber
Communities of Interest:
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Descriptor(s):
*CONTROL CENTERS, *ARMY PLANNING, *BILLETS(PERSONNEL), *GRADUATES, *TEAMS(PERSONNEL), *BRIGADE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS, ARMY OPERATIONS, COURSES(EDUCATION), PROBLEM SOLVING, MILITARY DOCTRINE, ARMY TRAINING, SCHOOLS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Personnel Management and Labor Relations, Military Forces and Organizations, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
*BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS, *OPERATIONAL PLANNERS, *AMSP GRADUATES, BCT PLANS CELL, BCT(BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS), MODULARITY, SAMS(SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES), ARMY DOCTRINE, FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS, AMSP(ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES PROGRAM), PERSONNEL NEEDS
Report Date:
2011 May 19
Creation Date:
2011 Aug 17