This article is not specifically about whether there should or should not be an operational level of war rather, it is concerned with the concept of “doctrine” and its relationship to history and theory in the context of an operational art. 2 In contrast to ADP 3-0, however, Army Doctrine Reference Publication 3-0, Unified Land Operations, emphasizes the joint definition, acknowledging an operational level: “Operational art is applicable at all levels of war, not just to the operational level of war.” 3 Thus, a contested delineation of operational art entered the cognitive space of schools and commands throughout the Army. Army broke with both its prior doctrinal paradigm of an operational level of war and the joint model in Joint Publication (JP) 3-0, Joint Operations, of the three levels of war.
Pity the theory that conflicts with reason!Īccording to Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 3-0, Unified Land Operations, “Operational art is the pursuit of strategic objectives, in whole or in part, through the arrangement of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose.” 1 With this definition, the U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Officer and served as the first Chief of Florida Domestic (Homeland) Security from 2001 to 2004. Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Stephen Lauer is an Assistant Professor at the U.S.
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