Applying War Principles in Non War Environments: Unity of Comman

 

The purpose of this series is to examine the 9 Principles of  War behind US military operations and examine both the positive and detrimental impacts bringing these principles into a peace time environment. The hope is to harness the positive, and mitigate the harmful.

Premise: 

• War is the application of force, as a last resort, when all other means of conflict resolution has failed.
• It is by nature and practice destructive and harmful, with scarring and unintended consequences the longer it continues
• Therefore, war itself should be waged for as brief a period as possible, with specific predetermined objectives to minimize non-combatant and society-wide destruction.
• Every nation creates principles of  war to align and focus the preparation, resourcing, planning and conduct of this dangerous, necessary, and rare activity we call war.

The Problem:

• Conducting war requires highly skilled, resourced, and conditioned people.
• The precision required for these high stakes operations have a lasting impact on people ( warriors) who participate long after they leave their roles.
• Former warriors carry many of these principles into non-war times and environments that inform and shape their actives in every part of society to which they return.
• Though the impact of these transferred principles positively impact their society, it can also produce unintended consequences.

The Purpose in this article:

• Explore the impact of the principle   "Unity of Command" as it leaves war and enters peace.

• Unity of Command – For every objective, seek unity of command and unity of effort. At all levels of war, employment of military forces in a manner that masses combat power toward a common objective requires unity of command and unity of effort. Unity of command means that all the forces are under one responsible commander. It requires a single commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces in pursuit of a unified purpose.

                                        -US Army Field Manual FM 3–0

Assumptions

A leader moving from military to a civilian role may bring the following assumptions to their peacetime environment:

• All people groupings, informal or formal, temporary or permanent, require a single leader
• They believe the situation is beneficial, and beings clarity, efficiency, and reduces conflict in any group undertaking
• All decision making authority is derived from this leader, even if they delegate them to others, to the lowest level.
• They will assume a follower role if they perceive there is another leader in charge. If they do not perceive a leader, they will assume "command"

The conflict

• Most groupings of people in  Western peace-time are not aware of this principle, and when they are aware of it, do not agree this is ideal. Many soldiers go to war to protect themselves and their families from such an environment in peace.
• Many groups in an non-war environment have a much more collaborative problem solving and decision making as part of their culture.
• This lack of awareness of each other's diverse ways of working creates conflict. The source of this conflict is usually hard to pin down.

Agency

• The cost of bringing the principle of Unity of Command into non-war environments removes agency from every person but the leader in the group. 
• The agency of  the individual is a key feature in any country where authority of leaders is derived from the consent of the people.

agency, the property or capacity of actors to make things happen:

  

- Britannica

Unity of command in a non-war of environment assumes the people involved and not "In command" have given consent, when they have not. This inevitably creates conflict.

 Signs of the conflict

• The leader who "assumes control" has to divert significant time trying to teach the "followers" about the system and why it is important
• The assumed leader imposes lower and and lower decision making control to demonstrate their authority. Like requiring itemized approval for approved budgets; frequently interrupting but refusing to tolerate the interruptions of others.
• Because the leader believes they are "In command" Bias the leader carries show up in their decisions, delegations, transactions with others in the group along gender, ethnic, racial political lines.
• In business, family, churches, organizations, the leader with this false assumption is frequently in conflict. In a business, it can be a contributor to high turn over.
• If the person really is the leader, or the patriarch or Matriarch, they may work work to deny resources to those who do not buy into this derived authority model.

 Deconfliction

•  Find out if this belief is actually held by the person in the center of the recurring conflict.
• Suggest to them that there are other forms of problems solving possible
• If they cannot or will not use more participatory methods, and they cannot be removed
• The organization needs to put boundaries in place to protect its members, explain and reinforce them if necessary.

-more to follow[p this is incomplete

References:

US Army Field Manual FM 3–0

• Objective – Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive and attainable objective. The ultimate military purpose of war is the destruction of the enemy's ability to fight and will to fight.
• Offensive – Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. Offensive action is the most effective and decisive way to attain a clearly defined common objective. Offensive operations are the means by which a military force seizes and holds the initiative while maintaining freedom of action and achieving decisive results. This is fundamentally true across all levels of war.
• Mass – Mass the effects of overwhelming combat power at the decisive place and time. Synchronizing all the elements of combat power where they will have decisive effect on an enemy force in a short period of time is to achieve mass. Massing effects, rather than concentrating forces, can enable numerically inferior forces to achieve decisive results, while limiting exposure to enemy fire.
• Economy of Force – Employ all combat power available in the most effective way possible; allocate minimum essential combat power to secondary efforts. Economy of force is the judicious employment and distribution of forces. No part of the force should ever be left without purpose. The allocation of available combat power to such tasks as limited attacks, defense, delays, deception, or even retrograde operations is measured in order to achieve mass elsewhere at the decisive point and time on the battlefield. ...
• Maneuver – Place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power. Maneuver is the movement of forces in relation to the enemy to gain positional advantage. Effective maneuver keeps the enemy off balance and protects the force. It is used to exploit successes, to preserve freedom of action, and to reduce vulnerability. It continually poses new problems for the enemy by rendering his actions ineffective, eventually leading to defeat. ...
• Unity of Command – For every objective, seek unity of command and unity of effort. At all levels of war, employment of military forces in a manner that masses combat power toward a common objective requires unity of command and unity of effort. Unity of command means that all the forces are under one responsible commander. It requires a single commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces in pursuit of a unified purpose.
• Security – Never permit the enemy to acquire unexpected advantage. Security enhances freedom of action by reducing vulnerability to hostile acts, influence, or surprise. Security results from the measures taken by a commander to protect his forces. Knowledge and understanding of enemy strategy, tactics, doctrine, and staff planning improve the detailed planning of adequate security measures.
• Surprise – Strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared. Surprise can decisively shift the balance of combat power. By seeking surprise, forces can achieve success well out of proportion to the effort expended. Surprise can be in tempo, size of force, direction or location of main effort, and timing. Deception can aid the probability of achieving surprise.
• Simplicity – Prepare clear, uncomplicated plans and concise orders to ensure thorough understanding. Everything in war is very simple, but the simple thing is difficult. To the uninitiated, military operations are not difficult. Simplicity contributes to successful operations. Simple plans and clear, concise orders minimize misunderstanding and confusion. Other factors being equal, parsimony is to be preferred.

Officers in the U.S. Military sometimes use the acronyms "MOSS MOUSE", "MOOSE MUSS", "MOUSE MOSS", "MOM USE SOS", and "SUMO MOSES" to remember the first letters of these nine principles.

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Taiwan Should Destroy Island’s Semiconductor Plants If China Invades, Paper Says The proposed deterrence strategy aims at hurting the Chinese economy By Frank Fang January 5, 2022 Updated: January 5, 2022biggersmaller Print A scorched-earth policy involving Taiwan destroying its own advanced semiconductor plants in the event of a Chinese invasion would be a good deterrence strategy for the self-ruled island against warmongering China, according to a recent paper published by the U.S. Army War College. “In practice, this strategy means assuring China an invasion of Taiwan would produce a major economic crisis on the mainland, not the technological boon some have suggested would occur as a result of the PRC [People’s Republic of China] absorbing Taiwan’s robust tech industry,” the paper’s (pdf) authors state. The key is to make Taiwan “unwantable,” the paper states, and the economic costs would “persist for years” even after the regime in Beijing had taken over the island. The paper, titled “Broken Nest: Deterring China from Invading Taiwan,” was published in the last 2021 issue of the institution’s quarterly journal Parameters, an official U.S. Army periodical. Jared McKinney, chair of the department of strategy and security studies at the eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education at Air University, and Peter Harris, associate professor of political science at Colorado State University, are the authors. The strategy centers around China’s current heavy reliance on importing semiconductors, which are tiny devices that power everything from computers, smartphones, and electric vehicles, to missiles. According to China’s state-run media, Beijing imported over $350 billion worth of chips in 2020. That year, only 5.9 percent of semiconductors ($8.3 billion) used in China were manufactured domestically, according to a report by U.S.-based semiconductor market research company IC Insights. In October last year, IC Insights warned that the Chinese regime believes it can solve its problem of not being able to produce leading-edge semiconductors through “reunification with Taiwan.” China claims Taiwan as a part of its territory even as the self-governing island is a de facto independent country with its own democratically elected officials, military, and currency. Currently, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, and Samsung in South Korea are the only companies in the world capable of making the most advanced five-nanometer chips. TSMC is scheduled to produce the next-generation three-nanometer chips in the second half of this year. Ep8o8ch Ti8mes As chips get smaller in size, they deliver more performance-per-watt, meaning that they run at a faster speed while consuming less power. The paper recommends that Taiwan “destroy facilities belonging to” TSMC in the face of a Chinese invasion, given that the Taiwanese chipmaker is China’s most important supplier. The challenging aspect of the strategy would be to make the scorched-earth strategy “credible” to the Chinese regime, according to the paper’s authors. “If China suspects Taipei would not follow through on such a threat, then deterrence will fail,” they explain. The authors recommend that Taiwanese authorities set up an “automatic mechanism” to destroy TSMC’s plants, to be “triggered once an invasion [by Beijing] was confirmed.” Without Taiwanese chips, China’s economy would take a hit and Beijing would be unable to maintain sustained economic growth, hurting the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy to rule mainland China, according to the paper. “The purpose here must be to convince Chinese leaders invading Taiwan will come at the cost of core national objectives: economic growth, domestic tranquility, secure borders, and perhaps even the maintenance of regime legitimacy,” the authors add. The authors offered several other recommendations that could further deter China from invading Taiwan. These include the United States threatening to lead a global sanction campaign against any chip exports to China, or giving a green light for U.S. allies such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia to develop their own nuclear weapons, if the invasion takes place. “If penalties for invading Taiwan can be made severe and credible enough, Beijing could still be deterred from choosing such a course of action,” the paper states. The authors also note that they were told by a Chinese analyst with ties to China’s navy that Beijing’s goal for a successful invasion of Taiwan was 14 hours, and Beijing estimated that it would take 24 hours for the United States and Japan to respond. “If this scenario is close to being accurate, China’s government might well be inclined to attempt a fait accompli as soon as it is confident in its relative capabilities,” the authors write. In October last year, Taiwan’s defense minister warned that the Chinese regime will be capable of mounting a full-scale invasion of the island by 2025. “If Taiwan fell to China, a successful democracy would be extinguished, and Beijing’s geopolitical position in East Asia would be enhanced at the expense of the United States and its allies,” the authors write.

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