Combat operations process

{{short description|Undertaken by armed forces}}

Combat operations area - process is undertaken by armed forces during military campaigns, major operations, battles, and engagements to facilitate the setting of objectives, direction of combat, and assessment of the operation plan's success.

The basic model of the combat operations area process includes five phases{{cite book |last=Orr |first=Major George E |title=Combat operations C3I: fundamentals and interactions |publisher=Airpower Research Institute |location=Maxwell Air Force Base |year=1983 |page=35}} that seek to acquire targets and objectives, allocate and orient appropriate forces for successful engagement of the enemy, make decisions about doctrinal approach to the engagement, execute the plan by engaging in combat, and conduct post-combat intelligence assessment of the success or failure of the operation's plan.{{cite book |last=Vego |first=Milan |chapter=Chapter 10: Operational Art and Doctrine |editor=McIvor, Anthony D |title=Rethinking the Principles of War |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2007 |page=174 |isbn=978-1-59114-482-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvUAXd18pJkC}}