Beyond Goldwater-Nichols

This report culminated almost two years of effort at CSIS, which began by developing an approach for both revisiting the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 and for addressing issues that were beyond the scope of that landmark legislation

America’s Viceroys: The Military and U.S. Foreign Policy

In 2000, Washington Post reporter Dana Priest wrote a series of articles on the rising importance of the regional com- batant commanders, comparing them to modern-day “proconsuls” whose Roman forebears served as regional governors and commanders in chief of their military forces. Reveron’s Amer- ica’s Viceroys examines this comparison, providing a historical and contempo- rary analysis of contemporary regional combatant commanders and their ris- ing influence in the foreign policy– making arena

An Introduction to Theater Strategy and Regional Security

Theater strategy and theater security cooperation are two of the most important tools available in attaining national security. They offer an effective means for geographic Combatant Commanders to engage other countries, deter aggression, or resolve crises. However, there is little current, concise, and comprehensive guidance on how they are planned and implemented. This paper explains what theater strategy is, its basis, how it is formulated, and how it is executed with emphasis on theater security cooperation. The author illustrates the role in national affairs of theater strategy and security cooperation through examples from a case study leading up to and during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1360/thumbnail.jp

Strategic Planning by the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1990 TO 2005

This article examines how the Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1990 to 2005 used a strategic planning system to respond to their global challenges. By analyzing this planning system’s evolution, processes and products along with each leader’s use, leadership concepts are identified for future leaders in the following areas: use of vision; balancing flexibility and structure in processes and products; responding to different types of challenges; and influencing climate and culture.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1367/thumbnail.jp

Iowa Department of Public Defense Performance Report, FY2012

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Towards Reengineering the United States Department of Defense: A Financial Case for a Functionally-Aligned, Unified Military Structure

This research examined the potential financial and non-financial benefits of working towards reengineering the Department of Defense (DoD) through the adaptation of a functionally-aligned, unified organizational structure. Based on historical analysis of the DoD\u27s current structure, a proposed DoD structure is presented that aligns operational functions under functional corps and support functions under existing defense-wide agencies and field activities. An analysis of overlapping functionality between services provided the basis for quantitative analysis of size-of-force and budget request data for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY2013). This analysis enabled the comparison of operational efficiency between services. These rates were used to benchmark operational efficiency across the DoD. An estimate of savings for each function was assessed by comparing the actual budget request for FY2013 against the estimated budget request under the proposed structure. Through sensitivity analysis, estimated savings from these functional areas ranged between $7 Billion and$100 Billion for FY2013. Analysis of existing literature highlighted non-financial implications of adopting a functionally-aligned, unified DoD structure. Recommendations for future research include the need for an Activity-Based Costing and Budgeting system to identify actual costs of DoD functions