The Army Ethic and Army Operations 158 IMT

The Army Ethic and Army Operations 158 -IMT 0010

Terminal Learning Objective (TLO) Action: Present the relationship between the Army Ethic and Army operations. Conditions: In a classroom environment given access to ADP 1, ADP 3 -0, ADP 6 -22, experiential learning activities, readings and doctrinal references, discussion with peers and facilitator feedback, and reflection time. Standards: • Identify all four Army strategic roles. • Identify all five Army core competencies. • Annotate at least three legal foundations for the Army Ethic. • Annotate at least three moral foundations of the Army Ethic. • Explain civil-military relations in a clear and concise manner. Learning Domain: Cognitive Level of Learning: Understand

Living the Army Ethic The Army Ethic

The Army Ethic is the set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army Profession and create the culture of trust essential to Army professionals in the conduct of missions, performance of duty, and all aspects of life (ADP 6 -22, para 1 -44). ADP 6 -22 Table 1 -1

Legal Foundations The Army Profession • • • The US Constitution United States Code Uniformed Code of Military Justice Treaties Executive orders Trusted Army Professionals • Oaths of Service • Standards of conduct • Directives and policies • The Soldiers Rules • Rules of Engagement ADP 6 -22 para 1 -49

Moral Foundations The Army Profession • Declaration of Independence • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Just War Tradition (Jus ad Bellum) • Army culture of trust • Professional organizational climate Trusted Army Professionals • Natural moral reason – Golden Rule • Army Values • Soldier’s and Army Civilian Corps creeds • Justice in War (Jus in Bello) Jus ad Bellum is the law dealing with conflict management and how parties (e. g. , States) initiate armed conflict or are restrained from doing so (i. e. , under what circumstances the use of military power is legally and morally justified). Jus in Bello is the law governing the actions of parties to an armed conflict once it has started (i. e. , what legal and moral restraints apply to the conduct of waging war). ADP 6 -22 para 1 -44

Civil-Military Relations The Army Profession is a trusted vocation of Soldiers and Army civilians whose collective expertise is the ethical design, generation, support, and application of landpower; serving under civilian authority; and entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people. Members of the Army profession serve under civilian authority: • Civilian authority over the military is established and codified in the US Constitution. • The American people exercise oversight through their elected officials. • Final decisions and responsibility for national strategy and policy, and for the organization and resourcing of the Army rest with civilian authority. Respect and trust are vital to the civil-military relationship. Army professionals earn trust by strictly adhering to: • Standards • Laws • Accepted practices

Army’s Four Strategic Roles The Army supports the joint force in four strategic roles: Introductory figure. ADP 3 -0 unified logic chart • Shaping operational environments • Preventing conflict • Prevailing in largescale ground combat • Consolidating gains ADP 1 para 2 -18

Shaping Operational Environments Army operations to shape: • Promote regional stability • Set conditions for favorable outcomes • Dissuade adversary activity Shaping activities include: • Security cooperation • Forward presence to promote U. S. interests • Developing allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations • Continuously setting theater for operations and training ADP 1 para 2 -19 / ADP 3 -0 para 1 -32

Preventing Conflict Army operations to prevent include all activities to deter undesirable actions by an adversary. Army prevent activities include: • • • Mobilization Force tailoring Predeployment activities Deployment into a theater of operations Echeloning of command posts Employment of intelligence collection assets • Further development of: • Communications • Sustainment • Protection infrastructure ADP 1 para 2 -20 / ADP 3 -0 para 1 -33

Prevailing in Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) During large-scale ground combat operations, Army forces focus on the defeat and destruction of enemy ground forces as part of the joint team. Divisions and corps formations conduct LSCO by: • Attacking • Defending • Performing stability tasks • Consolidating gains to accomplish national objectives ADP 1 para 2 -21 / ADP 3 -0 para 1 -34

Consolidating Gains Consolidating gains are activities to make enduring any temporary operational success and to set the conditions for a sustainable security environment, allowing for a transition of control to other legitimate authorities. Consolidating gains allows forces to: • Capitalize on operational success • Reinforce and integrate the efforts of all unified action partners How well ground forces consolidate gains determines how enduring the results will be. Unified action partners are those military forces, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and elements of the private sector with whom Army forces plan, coordinate, synchronize, and integrate during the conduct of operations. (ADP 3 -0) ADP 1 para 2 -22 / ADP 3 -0 para 1 -35

Army’s Five Core Competencies • Prompt and sustained land combat. • Combined arms operations: • Combined arms maneuver (CAM) and wide area security (WAS) • Armored and mechanized operations • Airborne and air assault operations • Special operations • Theater sustainment for the joint force • Integration of national, multinational (MN), and joint power on land ADP 1 para 2 -24

Land Combat Prompt and sustained land combat is the assigned function of the Army. Land combat requires: • Expeditionary capability • Ability to task organize • Ability to sustain efforts • Ability to adapt to changing operational environments ADP 1 para 2 -25

Combined Arms Operations Combined arms is the synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each element was used separately or sequential (ADP 3 -0). Commanders synchronize combined arms capabilities using command control to employ combat power to their best advantage. • Combined arms maneuver • Wide area security • Armored and mechanized operations • Airborne and air assault operations ADP 1 para 2 -26

Special Operations ADP 3 -05, Special Operations Army special operations forces provide combatant commanders with precise lethal and nonlethal capabilities. • Special Warfare • Surgical Strike Figure 1 -1 Special Operations Activities ADP 1 para 2 -31

Theater Sustainment The Army’s ability to set and sustain theater is essential. Army capabilities include: • Intelligence support • Communications • Port and airfield opening • Logistics • Ground-based air defense • Chemical defense • Reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (RSOI) ADP 1 para 2 -32

Integration of National, MN, and Joint Power • Army headquarters are designed to integrate capabilities. • They provide the capability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess joint and multinational operations. • Army forces support partners with situational understanding, security, and logistics. ADP 1 para 2 -33

Summary ADP 1 Figure introduction-2

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