‘Central to everything we do’: Army unveils first-ever doctrine for ‘information’

‘Central to everything we do’: Army unveils first-ever doctrine for ‘information’
‘Central to everything we do’: Army unveils first-ever doctrine for ‘information’

“We no longer regard information as a separate consideration or the sole purview of technical specialists,” the new ADP 3-13 says. “Instead, we view information as a resource that is integrated into operations” — from cyberwar to psyops, reconnaissance to deterrence, social media to camouflage.

Enhancing ‘lethality’: First Space Force ‘operations’ doctrine cements role within Joint Force

Enhancing ‘lethality’: First Space Force ‘operations’ doctrine cements role within Joint Force
Enhancing ‘lethality’: First Space Force ‘operations’ doctrine cements role within Joint Force

Space Doctrine Publication 3.0, crafted by STARCOM, provides baseline definitions for offensive, defensive, and “mobility and logistics” ops.

Space Force chief seeks to ‘shift mindset’ to defend Joint Force on the ground

Space Force chief seeks to ‘shift mindset’ to defend Joint Force on the ground
Space Force chief seeks to ‘shift mindset’ to defend Joint Force on the ground

“While important, a narrow focus on protecting space capabilities disregards how U.S. strategic competitors are preparing to use their own space capabilities to find, target, and attack forces operating in the terrestrial domains,” Gen. Chance Saltzman wrote in an internal Commander’s Note obtained by Breaking Defense.

The Army wants someone to make comics about its information warfare doctrine

The Army wants someone to make comics about its information warfare doctrine
The Army wants someone to make comics about its information warfare doctrine

The intent is to generate conversation within the community and a more broad audience about potential threats and what the service can do to prepare for the future.

US Needs Better Space Defenses, Including Weapons: CSIS

US Needs Better Space Defenses, Including Weapons: CSIS
US Needs Better Space Defenses, Including Weapons: CSIS

“This issue of classification and the challenge it presents to public discussion is … part of the reason why we wrote this report. There’s nothing in the public domain like this,” says CSIS’s Kaitlyn Johnson.

Spacepower Is ‘Catastrophically Decisive’ In War: New Space Force Doctrine

Spacepower Is ‘Catastrophically Decisive’ In War: New Space Force Doctrine
Spacepower Is ‘Catastrophically Decisive’ In War: New Space Force Doctrine

“Because military spacepower has the potential to be the difference between victory and defeat, it must be viewed with equal importance as military power in any other domain,” the Spacepower Capstone Publication says.

Gen. Goldfein Launches Air Force Doctrine For Joint All-Domain Ops

Gen. Goldfein Launches Air Force Doctrine For Joint All-Domain Ops
Gen. Goldfein Launches Air Force Doctrine For Joint All-Domain Ops

“JADO requires changing how the United States Air Force thinks about and conducts operations,” Air Force Chief of Staff Goldfein stresses in the announcement. 

Two LPD Amphibious Ships Cut From 2020 Budget Plan

Two LPD Amphibious Ships Cut From 2020 Budget Plan
Two LPD Amphibious Ships Cut From 2020 Budget Plan

Are big, expensive vessels like amphibious ships and carriers too vulnerable in a long-range missile war with Russia or China?

DoD CIO Says Spectrum May Become Warfighting Domain

DoD CIO Says Spectrum May Become Warfighting Domain
DoD CIO Says Spectrum May Become Warfighting Domain

WASHINGTON: Pentagon officials are drafting new policy that would officially recognize the electromagnetic spectrum as a “domain” of warfare, joining land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace, Breaking Defense has learned. The designation would mark the biggest shift in Defense Department doctrine since cyberspace became a domain in 2006. With jamming, spoofing, radio, and radar all covered under…

Army Makes Case For Funding Culture Skills Beyond COIN

As budgets tighten and the wars wind down, the Army is struggling to institutionalize the hard-won cultural skills it learned in Afghanistan and Iraq — and to make the case for their continued relevance and resourcing to an administration whose new strategic guidance swears off counterinsurgency. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey himself recently touted…