Airland Battle Analysis

In the mountainous Shah-i-Khot region south of the city of Gardez in Eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda took place early March 2002. Operation Anaconda, to this day, stands as the largest reported ground action in the Afghan war. This 17-day battle led to eight U.S. casualties and over 50 wounded. Operation Anaconda is viewed as a success due to coalition forces being able to kill and root out several hundred Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, which left U.S. and coalition forces in control of the Shah-i-Khot Valley. Originally intended to be a three-day battle with light resistance, a seven-day battle ensued with intense fighting and was finally

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In early January 2002, American intelligence received evidence of a large volume of enemy forces assembling in the Shahi Kot Valley in Eastern Afghanistan. Central Command (CENTCOM), led by General Tommy R. Franks, was directing combat operations in Afghanistan through the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and Coalition Forces Air Component Command (CFACC). As the interest in assaulting the Shahi Kot Valley amplified, General Franks reached a conclusion that a U.S. tactical commander was a need in Afghanistan. The decision was to assign the 10th Mountain Division Commander, Major General (MG) Franklin Hagenbeck, as the tactical commander. In an effort to strengthen MG Hagenbeck’s command authority, CENTCOM named his headquarters Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Mountain and gave it command and control authority over Operation Anaconda. By having command and control authority, MG Hagenbeck would encounter challenges with the command structure. The challenges of command structure were due to CJTF Mountain not having tactical control (TACON) of multiple Special Operation Forces, the Joint Special Operations Air Component (JSOAC), and friendly Afghanistan forces. These misunderstandings were resolved during the execution phase, but rectifying the command relationships prior would have avoided lost time and resources needed on enemy forces and positions. In this paper, I will identify the challenges of command structure during Operation Anaconda.

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Allied land component integration struggles hindered operational progression throughout the Sicilian Campaign. Initial planning and operations for Sicily revealed, General Alexander’s lack of experience and effective leadership resulting in granting General’s Montgomery and Patton too much latitude in operational decision-making. [Swanson, p. 58] In essence, General Alexander’s lack of command guidance and restructuring Allied land force boundaries allowed the General Patton to divert forces toward Western Sicily and away from operational objectives of meeting the German Army. [Swanson, p. 58] Among other things, poor weather, lack of experience and absence of inter-service joint training encumbered integrated Allied airborne operations, subjecting

My role in the research process of the battle analysis brief was to determine how communications (C3) affected the actions of the fighting forces during the battle. First, I defined the communications concept or what communication systems, both fighting forces used during the battle. The communication systems consisted of “runners” and verbal commands for both forces. The US forces also utilized the drums to start or end offensive efforts. The drummer was Americus Hammock, an African American slave that later was freed for his participation in the battle.

Exterior Lines of Operation (LOO) best characterizes General Schwarzkopf’s Operational Approach for Desert Storm. The Coalition operations converge on the enemy and XVIII Airborne Corps along with VII Corps used the envelopment firstly to cut lines of communication of the enemy and to destroy it in the Kuwait Theatre of Operation. In addition, the Coalition showed itself as a modern army with high-speed armor capabilities and total control of the air. It kept distance from the enemy since units remained outside of enemy artillery and multiple rocket systems range until the Ground Offensive Campaign began.

b. Under Air Land Battle doctrine (1982-1993),the operational planning must orient on decisive objectives. It must stress flexibility, opportunities to fight on favorable terms on enemy vulnerabilities, joint operations, and aggressive exploitation of tactical gains to achieve operational gains.

b. The 1993 version of Field Manual (FM) 100-5 added confusion to the AirLand Battle Doctrine. The verbiage within the manual was intended to add clarity, but failed. However, this confusion combined with a change in operations, brought about an idea to revamp the FM 100-5, and the AirLand Battle Doctrine and introduce the Army Doctrine of the 21st Century, Unified Land Operations.

Casualties on June 6th, 1944 were significant on both sides of the conflict. The Ally forces paid the price during the invasion due to the German artillery and weren’t able to seize a decent amount of beach until the Germans ran low on ammunition. The total numbers are still unknown, but estimates are available. The German casualties estimate between 4,000-9,000 men. Allied fatalities are about 4,400. Bringing the casualty numbers over 10,000 spread among the Canadians, British, and American forces. Due to new technology in body identification the number of fatalities are increasing marginally, and men are identified and properly laid to rest. (D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, 2015)

The new technology can make the difference in the results of the battle. The Midway battle was a strategy for the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. He plans to destroy midway and part of America's Pacific Fleet. Yamamoto next step was to attack Hawaii and towards the U.S. for negotiating for peace. He was dividing the force to plan the attack. Admiral Nimitz in charge uses a new Ultra intelligence that discloses the plans of Yamamoto. He prepares for the incoming attack from the Japanese's with Rear-Admiral Spruance. The first attack on Midway on 3 June, by the bombers, was ineffective. The next day attack left general damage. When Nagumo aircraft's return to rearm, Spruance attacks them in a long range of U.S. torpedo planes. Most of the U.S. planes

The air battles of North Africa in early 1943 provided testing, refining, and critical adaptation to reach the superiority objective. The combination of strategic and tactical air forces brought a heavy dose of airpower to bear on German and Italian forces. North Africa became the live fire-training center for AAF air doctrine. In the early stages of North Africa, “the air arm was woefully ill-prepared to fight a desert war” . However, the willingness of leadership to quickly adapt to new environments and enemy strategy allowed the now coalition air force to radically change the war in the Mediterranean.

The purpose of this paper is to examine a historical battle utilizing the four steps of battle analysis to provide an alternate outcome. This paper will define the battle, review the settings, describe the actions, and assess the significance of the actions for Operation Ivory Coast. Furthermore, this paper will relate the causes and effects of essential elements critical to the tactical success and mission failure of Operation Ivory Coast. Ultimately, all contributing factors will coalesce into lessons learned from the operation that are still applicable to this day.

This is a great example of the importance of Army aviation as it applies to our sustainment role on the battle field. Ever since Vietnam we in the lift community have provided the Ground Force Commander the ability to sustain operations in remote areas where the only method of movement to and from is by air. This has given our Military a great tactical advantage because we can now stage and sustain operations from virtually anywhere denying our enemy the freedom to maneuver and allowing them no safe haven. Along with this Army Aviation allows for rapid resupply over long distances on the battlefield. If the ground troops get into a fight and start to run low on ammunition, water, fuel, etc. we provide that ability for rapid resupply to

The air force acted under all conditions, they took place in close contact to far and huge targets to small individual targets. As the war continued they were beginning to use the air force to increase the odds of the ground troops. They sent them after enemy tanks, artillery, and ground forces to be sure that the ground missions were a success and not alway a fail. Desert Storm was also the debut war for some of the military’s new air equipment.