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Speed Or Tempo Research Paper

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Speed or Tempo: What is the difference?
Michael Smith
American Military University

Speed or Tempo: What is the difference?
Speed in terms of command and control is the ability to shorten the time needed to make key decisions, plans, coordinate as well as communicate. Whereas tempo is acting at the right time as well as acting the fastest or the earliest, the main importance between the two is speed is the ability to shorten the time between the decisions being made whereas tempo, is implementing the right timing on the battlefield. There is a large need to increase speed on the battlefield, whether it be speeding up operations or slowing the enemies speed. Now which one allows the other to be more effective? Tempo, tempo or the rhythm of the battle allows speed to be increased. In terms of intelligence and command and control, effective intelligence can be the make it or break it factor in terms of increasing the tempo. Now gaining speed and tempo in intelligence operations can be …show more content…

Orient, Observe, Decide and Act, through this loop speed are essential, the ability to be faster than the enemy, to outthink and out maneuver, is a key on the battlefield that can decide victory or failure. One key example of this was in WWII with General George S. Patton, during the battle of the bulge he and his staff began preparing 3 separate plans as well as keeping their information flow open in case of a German attack which came. His ability to read the battlefield and the information being fed to him from his G-2 kept him well informed and gave him the ability to preempt the strike and counter the German attack. The other key point was the focus on intelligence from Gen. Patton, by using the CCIR’s he had identified it sped the information flow as well allowed him to further visualize the

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