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Fort Leavenworth, KS Volume 8, Issue 08 August 2017
by LTC Bryce Frederickson, TRADOC G-2 ACE Threats Integration
TRADOC G-2 ACE Threats Integration has been actively teaching functional analysis
as a method for planning and developing opposing force (OPFOR) courses of action.
The core concept is that, while every battle is unique, certain functions continue to
be performed by the enemy to reach mission accomplishment. Functional analysis
determines threat objectives, the battlefield functions required, and the
capabilities available for performing each function. There are four main functions
the OPFOR will use to complete its goals and objectives: action, enabling, fixing,
and security.
There are several advantages to using this methodology: 1) it forces the staff to
learn and understand tactics, 2) it reduces the ability of the enemy to deceive
analysts, and 3) it works across the range of military operations.
Functional analysis and functional tactics are currently discussed in depth in ATP 2-
01.3, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield, Appendix B. However, in the
current update to ATP 2-01.3, there is a potential that functional analysis will move
from an appendix to the main body. This analysis methodology also continues to
be taught during the Threat Tactics Course, in both the resident and mobile training
team courses. Additionally, functional analysis was taught to the recent graduates
of the Command and General Staff College during the Brigade S2 course in June
2017. Intelligence professionals that have studied functional analysis in order to
understand battlefield tactics will then be able to make more accurate tactical
predictions to their commanders.
Snow Dome Pt 2 ................... 3
Integrated Attack ................ 10
Mirawi Attack ...................... 23
DATE 3.0 Revisions ............ 35
ACE-TI POCs ....................... 39
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