Doctrine: Mere Words, or a Key To War-Fighting Competence?, by Watts and Hale, in Air University Review

Presidential Directives & Executive Orders

• See also Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs)

• Presidential Directives and Executive Orders, by president - posted by FAS

• Presidential Directives and Where to Find Them, Library of Congress

• Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index, by President, posted by The Federal Register - includes current status of each order: whether it has been amended, rescinded, or replaced
  • search the above archive - replace the word security with your search term, or with the Executive Order number (which would then show all the other E.O.s which reference it, amend it, or replace it

National Strategy

• See also Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan supporting policies set forth in the U.S. National Security Strategy

• See also National Defense Strategy (NDS)

• See also National Military Strategy (NMS)

• See also National Response Plan (NRP)

• See also Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) - listed at the Center for Homeland Defense & Homeland Security Studies

• See also U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy

• See also previous National Security Strategies

• See also Interagency and Contingency Lessons - including handbooks and guidance

• National Security Strategy of the United States (local copy), Mar 2006
  • White House fact sheet on the National Security Strategy (local copy), 16 Mar 2006

• Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, Final Report, May 2009
  • The Commission was tasked by Congress to "examine and make recommendations with respect to the long-term strategic posture of the United States." Because that the definition of "strategic posture" is evolving, the Commission examined the nation's strategic posture in all of its aspects – deterrence strategy, arms control initiatives, and nonproliferation strategies. This includes all roles of strategic weapons and tools to counter military threats to the United States and its allies, including missile defense. Additionally, the Commission examined the relationship between the nation's military capabilities and both its arms control and nonproliferation strategies.

• National Security Presidential Directive 1 (NSPD-1) (local copy), released 13 Feb 2001
  - organizes the National Security Council, abolishes the existing system of Interagency Working Groups, and assigns responsibilities to NSC Policy Coordination Committees (NSC/PCCs) -- "Management of the development and implementation of national security policies by multiple agencies of the U.S. Government shall usually be accomplished by the NSC Policy Coordination Committees (NSC/PCCs). The NSC/PCCs shall be the main day-to-day fora for an interagency coordination of national security policy."

• Drafting a New Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication (local copy), by Loney, US Army War College, Mar 2009 -- relating to effort to replace the 2007 strategy below
  • U.S. National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication (local copy), June 2007

• Iraq
  • President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq (local copy)
  • Fact Sheet: Training Iraqi Security Forces (local copy)
  • National Strategy for Victory in Iraq (local copy), Nov 2005

• Combating Terrorism
  • National Strategy for Information Sharing: Successes and Challenges in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing (local copy), Oct 2007
  • National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress (local copy), Congressional Research Service report
  • National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, Sep 2006 (local copy, single PDF file)
    • White House Fact Sheet on Sep 2006 Combating Terrorism strategy
  • National Strategy To Combat Terrorist Travel, May 2006 (local copy), National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
  • 9/11 Five Years Later: Successes and Challenges, Sep 2006 (local copy, single PDF file)
  • President Discusses Global War on Terror, 5 Sep 2006
  • Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States” dated April 2006 (local copy)
  • National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism (local copy, 4 Mb), Feb 2006 [26 Mb file on DoD home page]

• The National Strategy For Homeland Security (local copy), Oct 2007
  • previous
    • The National Strategy For Homeland Security (local copy), July 2002
      • President Releases National Strategy for Homeland Security (local copy), 16 Jul 2002, summary of the strategy

• Strategy to Enhance International Supply Chain Security (local copy), Department of Homeland Security, July 2007

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (section by section), Nov 2005 (local copy, single PDF file)

• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support (local copy), June 2005

• Intelligence
  • The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States release, Aug 2009 (local copy)
    • The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States release, Oct 2005
      (local copy of release notes) and (local copy of 2005 strategy)
  • The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States (local copy), current
    • The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2008 (local copy)
    • The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2007 (local copy)
  • U.S. Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, 22 Feb 2008 (local copy)
  • Defense Intelligence Strategy, 2008 (local copy)

• Cyberspace and Information
  • National Strategy for Information Sharing: Successes and Challenges in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing (local copy), Oct 2007
  • The National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations (copy of FOI version posted by dod.mil), Dec 2006
  • The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (local copy), Feb 2003
  • A National Strategy to Combat Identity Theft (local copy), May 2006

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Homeland Security Strategy (local copy), Oct 2004

• National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, Dec 2002 (local copy, single PDF file)
• Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Defeating Current and Future Threats (local copy), slides used 1 Feb 2006 by Dr. Dale Klein, Asst. to SecDef for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

• National Border Patrol Strategy, Office of Border Patrol (local copy, single PDF file)

• Maritime
  • A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (local copy), Oct 2007 - maritime strategy for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
  • National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness for The National Strategy for Maritime Security (local copy), Oct 2005 - discusses the supporting implementation plans:
    • National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
    • Global Maritime Intelligence Integration Plan
    • Maritime Operational Threat Response Plan
    • International Outreach and Coordination Strategy
    • Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan
    • Maritime Transportation System Security Plan
    • Maritime Commerce Security Plan
    • Domestic Outreach Plan
  • The National Strategy for Maritime Security (local copy), Sep 2005
    • NSPD 41/HSPD 13 National Strategy for Maritime Security Supporting Plans
  • National Strategy for Maritime Security Implementation Plans, HSPD-13 (aka NSPD-41)
  • U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Strategy for Homeland Security, Dec 2002 (local copy)

• The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets (local copy), Feb 2003

• Money Laundering
  • National Money Laundering Strategy, 2007 (local copy)
  • National Money Laundering Strategy, 2003 (local copy)
  • U.S. Money Laundering Threat Assessment, Dec 2005 (local copy)

• National Drug Control Strategy (local copy), Feb 2006, Office of National Drug Control Policy

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP)

Homeland Defense Strategy &
National Defense Strategy (NDS) &
National Military Strategy (NMS)

• See also 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Report and previous QDRs

• National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (local copy), Feb 2006

• The National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations (copy of FOI version posted by dod.mil), Dec 2006

• War on Terrorism
  • National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism (local copy, 4 Mb), Feb 2006 [26 Mb file on DoD home page]
  • Fighting the Long War--Military Strategy for the War on Terrorism (Local copy, 1.1 Mb), 12 Jan 06 presentation by RAdm Sullivan, Vice Director for Strategic Plans & Policy, the Joint Staff

• National Strategy for Victory in Iraq (local copy) , Nov 2005

• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support (local copy), June 2005

• Department of Defense Releases the National Defense Strategy (NDS) and the National Military Strategy (NMS) (Local copy), 18 Mar 05 press release explaining NDS and NMS
  • The NDS defines DoD’s strategic objectives: securing the U.S. from direct attack; securing strategic access and retaining freedom of action; strengthening alliances and partnerships; and establishing security conditions conducive to a favorable international order.
  • The NMS provides strategic guidance to the armed forces on how to support NDS objectives. It sets forth three military objectives: protecting the U.S.; preventing conflict and surprise attack; and prevailing against adversaries.

• National Defense Strategy (NDS) - (this link will always be most current NDS)
  • 2008 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America (Local copy, 383 Kb) .. (Local copy, 4.1 Mb)
  • 2005 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America (Local copy, 400 Kb) .. (Local copy, 1.9 Mb)

• National Military Strategy (NMS) - (this link will always be most current NMS)
  • 2004
    • 2004 National Military Strategy of the United States of America (Local copy)
  • 1997
    • 1997 National Military Strategy of the United States of America (Local copy)
  • 1995
    • 1995 National Military Strategy of the United States of America (Local copy) (PDF)

• The U.S. and the Use of Force in the Post Cold War World: Toward Self-Deterrence? Congressional Research Service Report

Joint Doctrine

• See also the future visions/doctrine including Future Warfare documents, such as Capstone, JOpsC, and Joint Operating Concepts

• See also the Battle Labs

• Doctrine Networked Education and Training (DOCNET)

• Multi-Service and Service Pubs

• Joint Doctrine Electronic Information System (JDEIS), with enhanced search capabilities
  • This site provides the Joint Community a responsive user-friendly tool for rapid access to US joint doctrine and related materials. The site makes it possible to rapidly research key extracts of joint doctrine, access joint publications and related materials, and link to other websites and data collections. JDEIS is sponsored by the Joint Staff, J-7 Joint Doctrine, Education, and Training Division (JDETD)

• Joint Doctrine Home Page
  • Future Warfare
    • Joint Operations Concepts (JOpsC)
    • Joint Operating Concepts
  • Joint Doctrine Process
  • Joint Publications, downloadable
  • DoD Dictionary of Military Terms
  • Joint Electronic Library
  • Joint History Publications
• Joint Warfighting Center
• Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center

• JFSC Pub 1, The Joint Staff Officer's Guide, local copy, in bite size pieces

• Integrating Joint Operations Beyond the FSCL: Is Current Doctrine Adequate?, AWC paper, 1997
• Airpower in the Context of a Dysfunctional Joint Doctrine, AWC paper, 1996
• Lt. Gen. Ned Almond, USA: A Ground Commander's Conflicting View with Airmen Over CAS Doctrine and Employment, SAAS paper, 1996

Army Doctrine

• Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Doctrine
• U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
• Army Doctrine Online

• See also the Battle Labs

• Army Vision 2010

• Army Publications

Air Force Doctrine

• See also the Air Force visions, posture statements, etc.

• Air Force Doctrine Documents, posted by DTIC

• Air Force Publications

• LeMay Center for Doctrine Development & Education, a consolidation of the Air Force Doctrine Center (AFDC) and College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education (CADRE)
  • see - Introduction to Doctrine, including Primer and Brochure, from the Air Force Doctrine Center
  • see - AF Doctrine Hierarchy, incl links to doctrine pubs
  • AFDD 1, AF Basic Doctrine
    • Tenets of Airpower
      • Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution
      • Flexibility and Versatility
      • Synergistic Effects
      • Persistence
      • Concentration
      • Priority
      • Balance

• Air Force mission - check menu on right of web page

• Air and Space Core Competencies, from 15 Jan 2003 Chief's Sight Picture
  • Developing Airmen
  • Technology-to-Warfighting
  • Integrating Operations

• Air and Space Distinctive Capabilities, from 15 Jan 2003 Chief's Sight Picture
  (previously referred to as core competencies)
  • Air and Space Superiority
  • Global Attack
  • Rapid Global Mobility
  • Precision Engagement
  • Information Superiority
  • Agile Combat Support

• WW II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report, Europe
• WW II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report, Pacific
• FM 100-20, Command and Employment of Air Power (local copy), War Department Field Manual, 21 July 1943
• TR 440-15, Fundamental Principles for the Employment of the Air Service (local copy), Training Regulation 440-15, January 26, 1926
• U.S. Bombing Survey, World War I (summary) (local copy)

• The Evolution of Air Force Targeting, by Glock, in Airpower Journal
• Desert Storm as a Symbol: Implications of the Air War in the Desert, by Drew, for Airpower Journal
• The Enemy as a System, by Warden, for Airpower Journal
• A Unified Field Theory of Coercive Airpower, by Walker, in Airpower Journal
• Air Power Thinking: "Request Unrestricted Climb", by Boyd and Westenhoff, hosted by Airpower Journal
• Air Force Doctrine Problems 1926-Present, by Mowbray, hosted by Airpower Journal
• A Critique of The Air Campaign, by Murphy, in Airpower Journal
• AF Research Lab
• Two to Consider
  • Ten Propositions Regarding Airpower, by Meilinger, School of Advanced Airpower Studies (SAAS)
  • Twelve Principles Emerging from Ten Propositions, by Szafranski, in Airpower Journal
• Competing Theories of Airpower: a Language for Analysis, by Faber, in Aerospace Power Chronicles
• Psychological Effects of Aerial Bombardment, by Fracker, in Airpower Journal
• One Target, One Bomb: Is the Principle of Mass Dead?, by Mann, in Airpower Journal
• Doctrinal Conflict Over the Word "Aerospace", by Jennings, in Airpower Journal
• The Impact of Doctrine on Air Force Roles And Missions, AWC paper, 1997
• AF Information Warfare Doctrine: Valuable or Valueless?, ACSC paper, 1997
• Square Pegs and Round Holes: Air Force Doctrine and the B-2 Bomber, ACSC paper, 1997
• Airpower in the Context of a Dysfunctional Joint Doctrine, AWC paper, 1996
• The Evolution of Airlift: Doctrine and Organization, AWC paper, 1996
• The Doctrine Gap: The 27 Year Wait For a New Air Force Operational Doctrine Document, SAAS paper, 1996

Navy Doctrine

• See also the Battle Labs

• Navy Publications

• A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (local copy), Oct 2007 - maritime strategy for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard

• Forward ... From the Sea, a .pdf file
• Navy Warfare Development Command, formerly Navy Doctrine Command, includes Concepts Dept, Doctrine Dept, and Maritime Battle Center

• Surface Warfare Development Group
• Interservice Differences in the United States, 1945-1950: a Naval Perspecitve, by Allard, in Airpower Journal

Marine Doctrine

• See also the Battle Labs

• See also the Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) - Urban Warfare

• Marine Publications

• A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (local copy), Oct 2007 - maritime strategy for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard

• Doctrinal Complexity: Nonlinearity in Marine Corps Doctrine, by Bassford, in Maneuver Warfare Science
• Operational Maneuver From the Sea, a .pdf file
• USMC Combat Development Command
  • Doctrine Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
• Marine Corps Doctrine Manuals
  • (Marine) MCDP 1 Warfighting (Local copy, HTML version), incl chapters on the nature of war, the theory of war, preparing for war, and the conduct of war
  • (Marine) MCDP 1-0 Marine Corps Operations
  • (Marine) MCDP 1-1 Strategy (Local copy, HTML version)
  • (Marine) MCDP 1-2 Campaigning (Local copy, HTML version)
  • (Marine) MCDP 1-3 Tactics (Local copy, HTML version), looks at specific battles, and incl chapters on understanding tactics, achieving a decision, being faster, adapting, cooperation, exploiting success, and making it happen
  • (Marine) MCDP 2 Intelligence (Local copy, HTML version), incl the nature of intelligence, intelligence theory, and creating effective intelligence
  • (Marine) MCDP 3 Expeditionary Operations (Local copy, HTML version)
  • (Marine) MCDP 4 Logistics (Local copy, HTML version), incl chapters on the nature of logistics, logistics theory, and creating effective logistics
  • (Marine) MCDP 5 Planning (Local copy, HTML version)
  • (Marine) MCDP 6 Command and Control (Local copy, HTML version), incl discussion of OODA loop
• Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL)

International Military Doctrine

• See also international military education links

• NATO's Strategic Concept, 24 Apr 1999
  • NATO's Strategic Concept, Nov 1991

• Chinese doctrine, references posted by FAS
  • includes U.S. Embassy Beijing translations of
  • The Gulf War -- Lessons for Chinese Military S&T -- November 1996
  • PLA Colonels : "Unrestricted Warfare": Part I -- November 1999
  • PLA Colonels : "Unrestricted Warfare": Part II -- November 1999
  • PLA Colonels On Globalism And New Tactics: "Unrestricted Warfare": Part III -- Jan 2000
  • PLA Colonels On Strategy And Geopolitics: "Unrestricted Warfare": Part IV -- Feb 2000

• Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre (ADFWC), "a joint unit established to study, develop, teach, promulgate and provide advice on Australian Defence Force joint and combined warfare doctrine, procedures and tactics."
• Land Warfare Studies Centre, Australian Army

• Dept of War Studies, King's College London

• Creating the Royal Thai Air Force Doctrine Process , AWC paper, 1997
• Doctrine For A Smaller Air Force: Mali And The Question Of Unique Air Doctrine, ACSC paper, 1997
• The Future of NATO's Tactical Air Doctrine, SAAS paper, 1996
• The Development of Royal Air Force Strategic Bombing Doctrine Between the Wars: a Revolution in Military Affairs?, by Robertson, in Airpower Journal
• British Air Control: a Model for the Application of Air Power in Low-Intensity Conflict?, by Parsons, in Airpower Journal
• Saddam Hussein and Iraqi Air Power: Just Having an Air Force Isn't Enough, by Hurley, for Airpower Journal

Doctrine History

• WW II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report, Europe
• WW II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Summary Report, Pacific
• FM 100-20, Command and Employment of Air Power (local copy), War Department Field Manual, 21 July 1943
• TR 440-15, Fundamental Principles for the Employment of the Air Service (local copy), Training Regulation 440-15, January 26, 1926
• U.S. Bombing Survey, World War I (summary) (local copy)

• William "Billy" Mitchell's Air Power, online book, courtesy CADRE
• Turn Points in the Air: Using Historical Examples to Illustrate USAF Doctrine, AWC paper, 1997
• Beyond the Battle Line: US Attack Theory and Doctrine, 1914-1941 , SAAS paper, 1995
• Lieutenant General William H. Tunner In the China-Burma-India "Hump" and Berlin Airlifts: A Case Study In Leadership In Development of Airlift Doctrine, AWC paper, 1995
• The Evolution of Airlift: Doctrine and Organization, AWC paper, 1996
• Pointblank: a Study in Strategic and National Security Decision Making, by Crowder, for Airpower Journal , about the British-American bomber offensive in WW II
• The Development of Royal Air Force Strategic Bombing Doctrine Between the Wars: a Revolution in Military Affairs?, by Robertson, in Airpower Journal
• The Evolution of Air Force Targeting, by Glock, in Airpower Journal

Miscellaneous Doctrine References

• AF Intel and Security Doctrine, as compiled by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
• DoctrineLINK, by FAS, compilation of all kinds of links re: mil doctrine
• Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

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