New COCOM 'Campaign Plans' to Shed Light on Peacetime Needs

By Sebastian Sprenger / May 29, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Military combatant commanders are crafting a new set of plans that could influence the debate over what forces and investments are needed to achieve the Pentagon's goal of preventing large-scale wars in troubled regions around the world, according to documents and sources. The recently signed Guidance for the Employment of the Force (GEF) tasked geographic combatant commanders to craft detailed "campaign plans" for their areas of responsibility, according to defense officials and a February 2008 set of Defense Department briefing...

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