TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01 - TRADOC - U.S. Army

TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01Human Dimension VignetteA running vignette set in 2020 amplifies the essential message of each of the chapters. Thevignettes are fictitious. The notional backdrop for the combat related vignettes comes from thescenario and plans developed for the U.S. Joint Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps JointExperiment titled Sea Viking 04.This experiment combined all the U.S. Services plus allies from the United Kingdom (UK),Australia, and the United Nations (UN) that form a coalition at the request of the legitimateGovernment of Indonesia (GOI) to overthrow a rogue provincial governor in the central provinceof Sumatra. The situation in this scenario is hypothetical and intended only to provoke thoughtand discussion.Indonesia presents significant challenges in many domains. Sumatra is geographicallysimilar to Vietnam with large coastal plains, a formidable mountain range rising from 9,780 to12,467 feet, and triple canopy jungle covering much of the island. The combat systems describedin the vignettes are also notional future vehicles. The Army future brigade combat teams (BCT)as used here employ three full spectrum vehicle (FSV) variants: the infantry, the full spectrumvehicle-gun (FSV-G), and a full spectrum vehicle-reconnaissance (FSV-R) version.The vignettes jump around in time and place depending on the message they strive toemphasize. Their message necessarily addresses one or more issues in the chapter, but do notpurport to represent a comprehensive treatment of chapter content. All names are fictitious andnot intended to represent anyone living or dead except as noted.Road to WarIn 2015 Ibn Ander, a retired Indonesian Army Major General, served as the MilitaryGovernor of the provinces of Sumatra Barat and Riau. Over the years, working with SujavaPirates, Ander carves a financial empire built on graft and piracy in the Strait of Malacca. Anderhas established covert relationships with radical Muslim factions. By 2019, these pirate attacksthreaten to close the Strait seriously threatening world economies.The UN authorizes a multinational naval force under American command to intervene, stopthe piracy, and maintain the sea-lanes through the Strait of Malacca. In the fall of 2019, Anderproclaims himself Caliph of the Sumatran Caliphate. Large segments of the Indonesian armedforces swear allegiance to Ander whose message of Sumatra for the Sumatrans resonatesthroughout the country. The GOI invites the UN to form a coalition to depose Ander. The U.S.,UK, and Australia rapidly commit to support the effort militarily.Using the U.S. Pacific Command as the planning headquarters, coalition leaders decide tolaunch a major attack on Ibn Ander. Planners devise a relatively short-term campaignculminating in a joint forcible entry operation with the objective of seizing the Caliphate capital21