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TacticsScience or Art?
“Neglected Sciences”
Fog
Friction
Initiative
TempoCenter of Gravity
Critical Vulnerability
Risk
Terrain Analysis
Intelligence Estimate
Essential Elements of Information
Assumptions
Other Intelligence Requirements
SMEAC
Key Terrain
Avenues of Approach
KOCOA
SALUTE
Critical Requirements
Critical Capabilities
Crisis Decisionmaking
Competing Interests
Management by Default
Silence is ConsentDecision Points
Trip WiresManagement By Exception
Mission Tasking
Commander’s Intent
Planning Guidance
Expressed Consent
C2
C3C4
C4I
Commanding TerrainEnvelopment
Pincer
Hammer and Anvil
Deliberate Plan
Contingency Plan
Hasty Plan
IntelRep
IntelSumEvent Horizon
Defilade
Enfilade
Maneuver
Mass
Economy of Force
Objective
Offense
Nine Principles of WarMobility
Flexibility
Boyd’s Cycle
OODA Loop
Orientation
Implied Tasks
Specified Tasks
Density
OBE
Info Fusion
IPB
Main Effort
Focus of EffortGeneral Support
Direct Support
ROE
MOOSEMUSSConstraints
Restraints
Satisficing
Crisis
Conflict
Heuristics
Implied Objective
Command & Control
EMON
SOP
End State
SWOT
Concept of Operation
Course of Action
Alert Order
Execute Order
Warning Order
Frag Order
Strategy
Tactics
Tactical Dilemma
Deceptive Diversion
Physiological Diversion
Combined Arms
Situation Awareness
2/3 Rule
Tightly Coupled
Loosely Coupled
Precedent Decisionmaking
Incremental Decisionmaking
Groupthink
Abilene Paradox
Intelligence Paradox
Devil’s Advocate
Asymmetric Strategy
Deconfliction
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The most formidable warriors are students of their profession! General Al Gray
29th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bulletsLt. General George S. Patton
United States Army
X = ?2 X = 4
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• We justify our tactics with smoke, mirrors, myths and magic♦ The average law enforcement tactician would be
hard put to quote a single source, theory or doctrine to justify their decisions
• In the medical field, most law enforcement tacticians would be the functional equivalent of witch doctors
• There is tactical science that will support sound planning and decision making
Shaman, Wizards Myths & Magic
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What if the Next Time. . .6
• Accountants study math, doctors and nurses study medicine, weather forecasters study meteorology
• Tactical science dates back to at least500 B.C.
• Besides books, many military manuals and “lessons learned” are free on the Internet
Tactical Science6
• Forces a command staff to:♦ Implicitly trust subordinates
(who may not be any more enlightened!)♦ Make decisions without being aware of supporting doctrine
(indigestion or stomach cancer?)
• Civil liability coupled with an inadequate defense (when no one is an expert, anyone can be!)
• Potential tactical fiascoes in Biblical proportions!(Ruby Ridge, Waco, M.O.V.E, and others less well-known)
Consequences of Ignorance4
ProblemTraining Experience Education
The “wisdom of the ages” is expressed as doctrine, concepts, theories, precepts, tenets,
adages, dictums, heuristics, axioms, principles, laws, and proverbs
Knowledge allows us to start, not at the beginning, but where the experts left off! ~Carl Lewin
There is Nothing More Practical Than a Good Theory
Solution
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TrainingProvides skills
Instills confidence
Improves methods
Fosters expertise & proficiency
Teaches how to do thingsbetter
This is a Science Course!
EducationProvides knowledge
Explains importance
Improves understanding
Fosters ingenuity & adaptability
Teaches whether we’re doing the right things
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A Whitman’s Sampler of Tactical Science
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Questions?