“In general, a more complex force prevails over a less complex force.“
Arthur Cerbrowski, Director, Office of Force
Transformation, Department of Defense
The first time I read this, I didn’t like it, perhaps because of the old Army adage KISS. Then I thought that Admiral Cerbrowski probably had a different definition of complex in mind. What he might mean is that a complex force is one that is able to create more and different options for action against an opponent.
If this is right, a complex force would do better in a complex battle space. Complex battle space is a dignified way of saying messy. Battlefields have always been messy, but the geographic scope of battle, the rapid pace at which it occurs, and the increase in the number of actors make the conflicts since the ’91 Gulf War (with combat mainly between two opposing forces, in uniform, in a mostly uninhabited desert) very different. Now, civilians don’t always have time to get out of the way, and there are other agencies, NGOs, the UN, press, private security contractors as well as insurgents and local security forces. Instead of two sides, there may be nine or ten that are often indistinguishable from each other.
Complex battlespace also involves extending the scope for combat, to include ground, air, space, naval and information (or cyber). We might want to amend the statement to say that a force that is better at managing complexity will do better than a force that still tries to keep it simple.
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The above statement is more then a little on the arrogant side. All battlespaces are complex for the simple reason you are dealing with illrational decision makers, people. The old rules of combat of find ‘em, fix ‘em, fight ‘em and finish ‘em are as true today as they were at the dawn of human history.
The 20th. Century saw mankind make advances in Industrial Killing the combat multiplier is now the weapon of the 21st. Century. Our objective is now efficienty making more hits with less bullets, by fewer soldiers, farther away. The goal of the U.S. in this new Century is to form a “Boutique Fighting Force” that can dominate the world.
In Iraq and in Afghanistan the “Enemy” is dictating the “Time”, “Place” and “Kind” of engagement. Funny thing is evry enlisted man and woman in combat knows this, but none of there leaders.
The mighty U.S. Military is nothing but a mighty and stumbling elephant waiting for the mouse to show himself.
As in Vietnam all our emenies have to do is show up to win these wars. They don’t have to win a single engagement, they don’t have to occupy a square inch of land all the have to do is be there at the end and they won.
When our Beaucratic Generals and Admirals can grasp this concept then maybe we will make some progress in defeating the terrorist.
Al Qaeda will never defeat an F/A-22,never.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
“Stewart’s Platoon”
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