The enemy's
doctrinal template applied to a terrain analysis to identify battalion-size Mobility Corridors and deduce a regimental Avenue of Approach in order to predict where High Value Targets and High Payoff Targets might concentrate during the battle.
More than standard operating procedures, these concepts of support should serve as the
doctrinal template for sustainment operations.
A NETTEMP is a cross between a
doctrinal template and a network analysis, and is designed to be a one-pager that leaders can reference on patrol to check for names and relationships.
Specifically, the Falcon Brigade lacked automations equipment, had an overburdened higher command, and operated off a dysfunctional
doctrinal template. Fortunately, the American spirit was alive and well and the brigade was filled with extremely competent signaleers, motivated and eager to overcome any challenge in order to provide continuous communications to warfighters expected to operate in the most austere and lethal environments.
Only our older analysts were capable of looking at a
doctrinal template, overlay it on the terrain to develop a situation template, and determine where to focus collection assets.
(3) Without a
doctrinal template of an INTSUM for COIN operations, analysts are left to determine how to shape the current INTSUM to meet the demands of a COIN environment.
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Doctrinal Templates to Understand Russian Tactics
Following doctrine and
doctrinal templates not only worked but also helped make the operation easily articulated and understood.
(formerly order of battle) and developing
doctrinal templates, threat
At this point, often, the process wrongly becomes more prescriptive as planners apply
doctrinal templates, past experiences, or intuition to create the COA options.
tactics (a reason we no longer use 'onion skin'
doctrinal templates to template out the threat).
The analytical tools taught include traditional tool sets such as
doctrinal templates, situational templates and graphics, nodal analysis, etc.