Joint doctrine for mobilization planning

Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.?] : Joint Chiefs of Staff, [1995] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)34022862 Subject: Military planning -- United States. Excerpt: ... Chapter I security by the judicious application of post-Cold War world characterized by national power to achieve national objectives instability and uncertainty and in which derived from national interests. The President the United States provides leadership. identifies national interests and objectives in Explicit in the military strategy is the the National Security Strategy of the United assertion that we can meet the States. National interests and objectives are challenges of the foreseeable future the ends of our national security strategy. with a much smaller force than was The ways and means for achieving these ends required in the past, but still a total are explained in broad terms by the President force--a carefully tailored combination in his political, economic, and defense of Active component ( AC ) and Reserve agendas. Each agenda includes a set of component ( RC ), together with retired policies and programs aimed at achieving military personnel, DOD civilian national objectives. Programs for maintaining employees, DOD contractors, and host-a strong national defense depend on our nation support ( HNS ). Implicit in the maintaining a strong economy, infrastructure, strategy is retention and improvement and viable network of multinational and of the capability for rapid and efficient regional political alliances. mobilization of forces and resources to respond to natural disasters at the low end b. Military Strategy of the range of military operations and to deter or counter a broad spectrum of • The National Military Strategy threats to our national security. implements the Defense Agenda of the President's National Security Strategy. • Figure I-1 depicts a representative range It is a strategy reflecting new and of military operations together with the enduring realities in a rapidly chan...