- Value [1] Agility
- It is imperative that the Armed Forces retain the ability to contend with the principal characteristic of the security environment
– uncertainty. Agility is the ability to rapidly deploy, employ, sustain and redeploy capabilities in geographically separated
and environmentally diverse regions. As commanders conduct operations they must consider the effects of surprise and the possibility
that their forces may have to transition from one type or phase of an operation to another quickly, or conduct phases simultaneously,
regardless of location. Agility, as a planning principle, allows commanders to conduct simultaneous missions while retaining
the ability to respond to emerging crises. Agility is key to quickly seizing the initiative across the range of military operations
and ensuring the Armed Forces can act swiftly and decisively to protect US interests.
- Value [2] Decisiveness
- Decisiveness allows combatant commanders to overwhelm adversaries, control situations and achieve definitive outcomes. Decisiveness
requires tailored packages of joint capabilities designed to achieve specific effects and accomplish objectives. Achieving
decisiveness may not require large force deployments but rather employing capabilities in innovative ways. Transforming the
Armed Forces’ capacity to mass effects while retaining the ability to mass forces, if needed, is key to achieving decisiveness.
By focusing on decisive outcomes, combatant commanders can more precisely define the effects they must generate and determine
the capabilities they require.
- Value [3] Integration
- Commanders must ensure military activities are integrated effectively with the application of other instruments of national
and international power to provide focus and unity of effort. Integration focuses on fusing and synchronizing military operations
among the Services, other government agencies, the commercial sector, non-governmental organizations and those of partners
abroad. Integration does not preclude the unilateral use of force, but rather seeks to ensure unity of effort and maximize
the contribution of partners. Enabling multinational partners through security cooperation and other engagement activities
enhances the ability of the Armed Forces to not only prevent conflict and deter aggression but also supports combatant commanders’
plans to quickly undertake operations over great distances and in sometimes overlapping conflicts.
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