Joint Lessons Learned: Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Operationalizing Transformation

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Joint Lessons LearnedOperation IRAQI
FREEDOMOperationalizing Transformation
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• 27 February 2004

DRAFT
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Methodology and Data

• Methodology
• Unique approach . . . Dynamic assessment vs. a
  post mortem
• Focused on what mattered to the warfighter
• Experienced, joint team, with in-theater Senior
  Mentor
• Embedded in the combatant and component
  headquarters
• Unencumbered access and movement within Theater
• Cross-cutting, collaborative issue identification
  and synthesis
• Data
• Real-time observation of key activities
• Interviews (US, Coalition, and Iraqi)
• Digital captures of relevant briefings, Common
  Operating Picture, data bases
• Follow-on collection, analysis,and study

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OIF Lessons LearnedWhere we fit
Strategic National
Defense Science Board and Joint Staff J7
Operational -Theater
European Command 2 Military
Land Component 9 Military
Special Operations Command
Joint Forces Command Combat Operations
Office of Reconstruction Humanitarian
Assistance 3 Military
Special Operations Component 2 Military
Maritime Component 3 Military
Air Component 4 Military
Analyst Team Joint Forces Command 18 Civilians
Central Command 11 Military
Team Chief (1-Star)) Senior Mentor (Retired
4-Star)
Fly-Away Team Supporting Commands, Agencies and
Services 3 Civilians
Tactical
Services and Defense Agencies
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IRAQI FREEDOM in Context
A Campaign of significant scope, scale,
complexity and risk, and new capabilities
Personnel Employment
Fratricide
US Forces
Oil Wells Ablaze
Iraqi Forces
Duration
Coalition Nations
Moving Target Indicator Hours
Special Operations
Integrated Combined Arms
Ports
Bandwidth
Scale of Maneuver
Air Delivered Precision Weapons Tomahawk
Missiles
Force Closure
Lift Required
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Operation Iraqi Freedom -- The Big Issues

• Second-Tier Issues
• Joint Fires
• Time Sensitive Targeting
• Overmatching Strike
• Theater Logistics
• Public Affairs/Media Integration
• Insights to future concepts
• Knowledge Enabled Warfare
• Emerging Battlespace
• Effects-Based Operations

• Capabilities that reached new levels of
  performance, and need to be sustained and
  improved
• Joint Integration and Adaptive Planning
• Joint Force Synergy
• Training
• Special Ops and Special Ops -Conventional
  Integration
• Capabilities that demonstrated considerable
  effectiveness, but need enhancement
• Urban Operations
• Psychological Operations
• Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• Capabilities that fell short of expectations or
  needs, and need to be redressed through new
  initiatives
• Fratricide Prevention
• Deployment Planning and Execution
• Reserve Mobilization