Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 1/2010: 83-92
Combined Joint Exercise (CJEX) 09 "COMBINED DESTINY": Knowledge and ExperiencesMilitary art
The Combined Joint Exercise was focused on the European approach to crisis management operations and involved an annual exchange of students and directing staffs between of the Higher Command and Staff Colleges from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain. The aim of this article is to provide knowledge and personal experience of its author based on his own participation in this exercise at the Escuela Superior de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESFAS) Madrid. The purpose of the exercise was to foster the understanding, mutual knowledge and dialogue among the offi cers of the aforementioned colleges through the practice of operational planning. Among general information describing the character of the exercise, the article defines some areas of the operational art, namely Operational Planning Process, Operational Design, Decisive Point Concept and Centre of Gravity Analysis.
Keywords: Staff exercises, multinational forces, military operations, crisis management
Published: March 15, 2010 Show citation
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