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In addressing complex security challenges, the U.S. military balances art and science in planning, emphasizing agility and adaptability through the Joint Planning Process and operational design.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. Emphasising agility, the U.S. military's planning and execution stages are both flexible.
  2. Operational design and the JPP merge creative and analytical tactics.
  3. Balancing intuition with logic is pivotal for understanding conflict.
  4. Operational design's goal: understand situations, identify issues, and implement agile strategies.
  5. The article stresses agile planning and execution in today's intricate security landscape and the significance of operational art.
READ: Planning for the Next War Must Be a Mixture of Art & Science

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