Fighting the Fleet

Operational Art and Modern Fleet Combat
Recognises that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war – striking, screening, scouting, and basing – and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme.
Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war–striking, screening, scouting, and basing–and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme. In explaining these elements and how they are conjoined for advantage, a central theme emerges: despite the utility and importance of jointness among the armed forces, the effective employment of naval power requires a specialized language and understanding of naval concepts that is often diluted or completely lost when too much jointness is introduced.

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