0131 Cov1 Only 1/29/04 1:05 PM Page 1 JFQJOINT FORCE QUARTERLY The Chairman’s Priorities Winning the Global War on Terrorism Enhancing Joint Warfighting Military Transformation Incentive Pay Central Asia The Defense Budget Coast Guard Summer02 TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JOURNAL 0231 C2 Pg 1/29/04 1:09 PM Page 1 The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards. —Sir William F. Butler Cov 2 JFQ / Summer 2002 0331 Prelims.Pgs 1/29/04 1:11 PM Page 1 JFQ AWord fromthe Moving into Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda. Signal Company (Keith D. McGrew) th Chairman 55 his issue of Joint Force Quarterly starts global war on terrorism require that we create its 10th year of publication. Over the joint capabilities more quickly. Seams between past decade the journal has become organizations must be eliminated and service T widely read among both military pro- and joint core competencies integrated more ef- fessionals and defense analysts in this country fectively. Next, data must be shared among and abroad. As such, it serves as an influential warfighters, civilian agencies, and coalition part- forum for discussing joint warfighting. ners more efficiently. Finally, a faster decision- In this anniversary year, I want to review making process must be fully realized based on the state of the joint force and where we must these initiatives. The result will be a decision-su- go. The Armed Forces have made significant perior force—one that makes the right battlefield progress as a team over the last decade. Nonethe- decisions faster than any enemy. less, we are not where we should be. The rapidly changing international environment and the (continued on page 4) Summer 2002 / JFQ 1 0331 Prelims.Pgs 1/29/04 1:11 PM Page 2 ■ CONTENTS 1 A Word from the Chairman JOINT WARFIGHTING by Richard B. Myers 30 The Evolution of Joint Warfare 8 From the Field and Fleet: by Williamson Murray Letters to the Editor JFQ 38 Goldwater-Nichols: JFQ FORUM Fighting the Decisive Battle 9 The Chairman’s Agenda by James L. Locher III 48 Supreme Command in the THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM 21st Century 10 Defending the Homeland: by Eliot A. Cohen An Historical Perspective by John S. Brown MILITARY TRANSFORMATION 55 The Once and Future 17 Strengthening Security Revolution in Military Affairs at Home by William A. Owens by Michèle A. Flournoy 62 New Challenges for the Unified Command Plan by W. Spencer Johnson 71 Technological Innovations: The ACTD Program by Sue C. Payton OUT OF JOINT 25 Deterring Mass-Casualty 77 Special and Incentive Pay: Terrorism Sailing Away from Jointness by Wyn Q. Bowen by Drew A. Bennett PHOTO CREDITS 82 Making the Most of Central The cover of this issue shows Stryker infantry carrier vehicle being unloaded from C–17 transport, Army Asian Partnerships Transformation Experiment ’02 (U.S. Army/Sara Wood). by Lyle J. Goldstein The front inside cover features AH–64 refueling in Afghanistan, Enduring Freedom (55th Signal Company/ Patrick Tharpe); sailors on USS George Washington, 91 Mediterranean Shark (U.S. Navy/Mathew Keane); marines The Defense Budget: running search and seizure exercise, USNS Guadalupe (11th Is It Transformational? Marine Expeditionary Unit/Mace M. Gratz); and MH–60 arriving in Kandahar, Enduring Freedom. The table of by David L. Norquist contents finds P–3 preparing to takeoff during Enduring Freedom (Fleet Combat Camera Group, Pacific/Arlo K. Abrahamson) and General Patton in Sicily (U.S. Army). The back inside cover captures marine in Urban Combined Arms Experiment, Millennium Challenge ’02 (1st Combat Camera Squadron/Carla Kippes). The back cover depicts airmen, Cope Tiger ’02 (1st Combat Camera Squadron/James E. Lotz); soldiers advancing on training site, Cobra Gold ’02 (1st Combat Camera Squadron/Jerry Morrison); sailors en route to Dili in East Timor, USS Decatur (Fleet Combat Camera Group, Pacific/Gael Rene); and marines conducting non- combatant evacuation training, Cobra Gold ’02. 2 JFQ / Summer 2002 0331 Prelims.Pgs 1/29/04 1:11 PM Page 3 SUMMER 2002 / NUMBER 31 COMMENTARY THE JOINT WORLD 100 The Fifth Side of the 115 Doctrine, Exercises, Education Pentagon: Moving the Coast and The Chairman’s Gouge Guard by James C. Howe OFF THE SHELF 117 Campaigning in the Balkans: A Review Essay 108 Invading Sicily—A Tale of by Michael C. Desch Branches and Sequels by Kevin J. Dougherty 118 The Outlook for Air Warfare: A Book Review by Mark Clodfelter 120 A Prussian Guide to Dixie: A Book Review by Holger H. Herwig 121 Dawn of a Colonial Era: A Book Review by Edward M. Coffman 122 Mapping the Geopolitical Landscape: A Book Review by Ewan W. Anderson OF CHIEFS AND CHAIRMEN 114 William Morrow Fechteler Joint Force Quarterly Stephen J. Flanagan Robert A. Silano Lieutenant Colonel Peter L. Hays, USAF Director Director of Publications Executive Editor Institute for National Strategic Studies Institute for National Strategic Studies Editor-in-Chief Editor Martin J. Peters, Jr. Calvin B. Kelley William A. Rawley Production Coordinator Copy Editor U.S. Government Printing Office Art Director JFQ is published for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff portions of this journal may not be reproduced or extracted topics of common interest to the Armed Forces (see page 124 by the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National De- without permission of copyright proprietors. An acknowledg- for details). Please direct all editorial communications to: fense University, to promote understanding of the integrated ment to Joint Force Quarterly should be made whenever mate- Editor, Joint Force Quarterly employment of land, sea, air, space, and special operations rial is quoted from or based on its contents. ATTN: NDU–NSS–JFQ forces. The journal focuses on joint doctrine, coalition warfare, This publication has been approved by the Secretary of De- 300 Fifth Avenue (Bldg. 62) contingency planning, combat operations conducted by the fense. All previous issues have been published electronically Fort Lesley J. McNair unified commands, and joint force development. and are available over the Internet at the address indicated Washington, D.C. 20319–5066 The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations ex- below. Paid subscriptions to JFQ are offered through the U.S. pressed or implied within are those of the contributors and do Government Printing Office. Telephone: (202) 685–4220 / DSN 325–4220 not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense The editors invite articles and other contributions on joint Fax: (202) 685–4219 / DSN 325–4219 or any other agency of the Federal Government. Copyrighted warfighting, interservice issues that support jointness, and e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine ISSN 1070–0692 September 2002 Summer 2002 / JFQ 3 0331 Prelims.Pgs 1/29/04 1:11 PM Page 4 ■ Joint Force Quarterly A WORD FROM THE CHAIRMAN Gen Richard B. Myers, USAF (continued from page 1) Publisher A Decade On ADVISORY COMMITTEE Rereading the first issue of JFQ reveals what VADM Paul G. Gaffney II, USN ■ National Defense University has and what has not undergone change in the Chairman last 10 years. In 1993, the services were enforcing no-fly zones over Iraq, protecting the Kurds in LTG John P. Abizaid, USA ■ The Joint Staff northern Iraq, patrolling the Persian Gulf to bar BG David A. Armstrong, USA (Ret.) ■ Office of the Chairman illegal Iraqi oil exports, enforcing an embargo in MG Reginal G. Clemmons, USA ■ National War College the Adriatic Sea with NATO allies, and conduct- ing a humanitarian relief mission in Somalia. ■ A. Denis Clift Joint Military Intelligence College Those missions have evolved. The Kurdish RADM David R. Ellison, USN ■ Naval Postgraduate School safe haven is temporarily secure, but Iraqi air de- BG Mark P. Hertling, USA ■ The Joint Staff fenses routinely fire on Allied aircraft; an ex- panded multinational coalition continues to inter- BG James T. Hirai, USA ■ U.S. Army Command and General Staff College dict illegal Iraqi oil exports; and our primary Col Craig S. Huddleston, USMC ■ Marine Corps Command and Staff College military presence in the Balkans has transitioned from the air and sea to land as Americans partici- MG Robert R. Ivany, USA ■ U.S. Army War College pate in peace operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. Fi- Col Ronald R. Ladnier, USAF ■ Air Command and Staff College nally, we have resumed flying intelligence, surveil- MajGen Harold Mashburn, Jr., USMC ■ Industrial College of the Armed Forces lance, and reconnaissance sorties off the Horn of Africa. Although these efforts may have lost their ■ Brig Gen Roosevelt Mercer, Jr., USAF Joint Forces Staff College nontraditional connotation, they are vital to our Maj Gen Bentley B. Rayburn, USAF ■ Air War College national interests. They contain the same if not an increased level of risk to the forces involved. RADM Rodney P. Rempt, USN ■ Naval War College But the most significant change in the strate- Col John H. Turner, USMC ■ Marine Corps War College gic environment is the global war on terrorism. Though difficult to conceive a decade ago, today EDITORIAL BOARD this fight is our top priority. We face a challenge Stephen J. Flanagan ■ National Defense University that differs from any threat in the past. The al Chairman Qaeda network poses a patient, cunning, ruthless, Richard K. Betts ■ Columbia University and dispersed threat in over 60 countries. It is conducting detailed planning for an opportunity Col John M. Calvert, USAF ■ Joint Forces Staff College to strike again. We must not underestimate its ha- Eliot A. Cohen ■ The Johns Hopkins University tred of our Nation and value system.