I think it was tequila that found this paper a while back and posted it for the SWC. I read it back then and thought it was an excellent paper. Particularly the name Stand Off Firepower Operations because that is what EBO has become as opposed to what it was originally trying to be. The paper is well worth the read.
With my admittedly very limited grasp of Aerial Warfare in general and Campaign design and planning in particular, I nevertheless see great merit in EBO as a whole, applied judiciously. Designing Aerial Bombardment Campaigns around Systems of directly-related targets rather than merely indirectly- or unrelated individual targets is at least as effective, and much more efficient, than the old way of doing things - where applicable. Systems Targeting - amongst other things - in EBO is definitely an improvement.Originally Posted by slapout9
Last edited by Norfolk; 12-20-2007 at 03:15 PM.
Joint Task Force Katrina by Lt. Gen. Honore' this is largely about command and control planning (big part of EBO) but near the back of the article you will see an EBO planning sheet that was used for part of the operation. They were able to predict very accurately what the situation would be on the ground so when General Honore' finally received the authority to act his response was very good.
http://www.jfsc.ndu.edu/schools_prog...pring_2006.pdf
Here is another good article on the adaption of Warden's rings for use in Targeting in an unconventional environment.
http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/grubbs1.pdf
slap, at this rate practically my entire understanding of Aerial Campaigning will have come through reading Billy Mitchell, John Warden, and you and the pieces you put links up to.
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Starting to get into the good stuff here. Special Forces version of Targeting CARVER.
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_05_1.pdf
Last edited by slapout9; 12-21-2007 at 12:29 AM. Reason: fix stuff
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