Operations and Organizations

This revision substantially restructures the entire publication for better presentation of key ideas and introduces much new and updated material. The publication's title has been changed to better reflect the subject matter. The publication updates discussion on the Airman's perspective. Discussion on the range of military operations has been updated and includes discussion of homeland operations and stability operations. A completely new discussion on the effects-based approach to military operations has been added. The discussion on expeditionary organization has been expanded and updated based on experience gained since publication of the previous version. Discussion on administrative control has been clarified and expanded, to include new discussion on responsibilities of host installation commanders. Discussion on command relationship models has been expanded and clarified based on experience in the field. A new chapter on joint organization greatly expands previous joint discussion. The discussion on planning has been greatly expanded, to include effects-based planning, component planning considerations, and the air and space estimate process. Discussion on air and space operations centers has been greatly expanded to include air mobility and space operations centers, organization, and processes. The appendices have been completely revised to support the current content.