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| Advanced Warfighting School | |
|---|---|
| Name | Advanced Warfighting School |
| Established | 1990s |
| Type | Professional military education |
| Location | Fort Example |
| Country | United States |
Advanced Warfighting School
The Advanced Warfighting School is a professional education institution associated with United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, United States Army War College, Marine Corps University, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and United States Special Operations Command that prepares officers for complex operational planning, campaign design, and joint interagency coordination. Founded amid doctrinal debates following Operation Desert Storm, Kosovo War, NATO intervention in Libya (2011), and shifts prompted by Goldwater–Nichols Act, the school integrates lessons from Vietnam War, Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and multinational exercises such as RIMPAC, Operation Bright Star, and Exercise Trident Juncture. Faculty and students routinely engage with case studies from Battle of Fallujah (2004), Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), Siege of Sarajevo, Falklands War, and operational art debates reflecting influences from theorists tied to U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, and National Defence College (India).
The school's origins trace to doctrinal reform movements after Operation Desert Storm and the publication of concepts in Field Manual 100-5 and later iterations influenced by thinkers at RAND Corporation, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Heritage Foundation, Brookings Institution, and Institute for the Study of War. Early programs were piloted with collaboration from Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Air University, Naval War College, United States European Command, and partners from United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and Australian Defence Force. During the 2000s the curriculum adapted to counterinsurgency lessons from Iraq War and War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), integrating doctrine from FM 3-24 and analysis from Joint Publication 3-0. Post-2010 reforms emphasized multi-domain operations influenced by publications from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Cyber Command, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and studies of hybrid threats exemplified by Crimea crisis (2014) and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
The institution articulates objectives aligned with professional development frameworks used by NATO Standardization Office, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, European Defence Agency, African Union Commission, and strategic guidance from National Security Council (United States), Department of Defense (United States), and Secretary of Defense. Its mission emphasizes producing planners capable of campaign design, operational art, joint force integration, interagency coordination, and multinational coalition building informed by case studies involving United Nations Protection Force, Coalition Provisional Authority, Provisional Government of Afghanistan, ISAF, and Multinational Force in Lebanon (1982–1984). Objectives include mastering doctrine influenced by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, applying lessons from Operation Urgent Fury, leveraging analytic methods from Center for Naval Analyses, and fostering leadership concepts discussed in works from Harvard Kennedy School and Princeton University.
Courses cover operational art, campaign planning, joint operations, logistics, intelligence, cyber operations, space considerations, and irregular warfare with syllabi drawing on doctrine such as Field Manual 3-0, Joint Publication 5-0, Joint Publication 3-12, and case instruction referencing Tet Offensive, Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market Garden, Battle of Britain, and modern engagements like Battle of Kandahar (2006). Specialized modules partner with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, United States Cyber Command, and academic institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, and London School of Economics. Resident seminars, staff rides, war games, and simulations incorporate tools from Center for Strategic and International Studies', RAND's National Security Research Division, Professional Military Education Exchange Program, and multinational exercise curricula shared with Australian Defence College, Canadian Forces College, and German Bundeswehr Command and Staff College.
Faculty comprise retired flag officers from United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and senior analysts from RAND Corporation, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Brookings Institution, Heritage Foundation, and Atlantic Council. Leadership has included former directors with backgrounds from Joint Staff, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and diplomats from United States Department of State, former ministers from Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), and visiting professors from King's College London, École Nationale d'Administration, and National Defense University. Faculty research intersects with offices like Defense Innovation Unit and think tanks such as Center for a New American Security and Hudson Institute.
The campus features classrooms, simulation centers, and wargaming facilities interoperable with systems used by Joint Chiefs of Staff, NATO Allied Command Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, and academic partners such as MITRE Corporation and SRI International. Libraries and research centers maintain collections including publications from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Foreign Affairs, Military Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, and doctrine repositories used by U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Naval War College. Training ranges support live exercises coordinated with Fort Bragg, Camp Pendleton, Fort Leavenworth, RAF Lakenheath, and multinational training centers like NATO School Oberammergau.
Selection criteria mirror processes used by United States Army Command and General Staff College, Naval Postgraduate School, Air Command and Staff College, and allied staff colleges, requiring service records, command experience, and demonstrated proficiency in joint planning evaluated with panels including representatives from Joint Staff J-5, Defense Intelligence Agency, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and coalition partners such as North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Competitive admissions emphasize prior participation in deployments like Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or multinational missions under United Nations mandates and often require endorsements from senior leaders in service headquarters and partner institutions like Canadian Forces College or Australian Command and Staff College.
Alumni include senior officers who later served in positions at United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Australian Defence Force, Indian Armed Forces, and international posts within United Nations missions and European Union Military Staff. Graduates have influenced doctrine revisions such as updates to Field Manual 3-0, Joint Publication 5-0, and operational concepts debated in forums like Munich Security Conference, Shangri-La Dialogue, Reykjavík Summit, and studies commissioned by Congressional Research Service. The school's methods have been cited in after-action reports from Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), reviews of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and analyses by International Institute for Strategic Studies and SIPRI.
Category:Military education institutions