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If one has never personally experienced war, one cannot understand in what the difficulties really consist, nor why a commander should need any brilliance and exceptional ability. Everything looks simple; the knowledge required does not look remarkable, the strategic options are so obvious.... Once war has actually been seen, the difficulties become clear.... Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end up producing the kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war.
Carl von Clausewitz
Purpose
The purpose of this exercise is to synthesize feasible, achievable and acceptable military courses of action that attain national security objectives in crisis and war.
Learning Objectives
1. Apply crisis action planning at the national and theater levels to simulated international crises that have the potential to threaten US interests militarily.
2. At the national level, evaluate the strategic risk of multiple emerging crises.
3. As a regional unified commander, synthesize, analyze and recommend alternative theater military courses of action that attain national security objectives in crisis and in war.
4. As a senior officer of the Joint Staff, synthesize, analyze and recommend alternative national military courses of action that attain national security objectives in crisis and in war.
5. Apply US military strategy, forces and joint doctrine to carry out national and theater military courses of action that defeat multiple adversaries and achieve national security objectives in crisis and in war.
Discussion
Archer is a five-day exercise conducted in your seminar room that will cause you to make military strategic decisions at the US national and theater levels. Although the scenario uses two current rogue states, North Korea and Iraq, as notional adversaries, the purpose of Archer is not to examine those specific contingencies in detail nor to train you in their execution. Instead, this exercise aims to illustrate the strategic dilemmas facing the US as a global power, in the emerging security environment, with commitments in more than one place on the planet. The sorts of problems likely to emerge in Archer could face the US in confrontations with any two adversaries. We believe that your participation in Archer will make you better able to judge current US military strategy and to improve upon it.
Required Readings
Exercise materials issued separately.
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