What is the focus of the Army's Warfighting Functions?

The focus of the Army's Warfighting Functions is to enhance combat effectiveness through systematic principles. This concept encompasses a range of activities and processes that work together to enable commanders and their units to achieve their objectives in complex operational environments. The Warfighting Functions provide a framework for understanding how different elements, such as movement, sustainment, intelligence, and command and control, interact to achieve mission success. By emphasizing systematic principles, the Army can adapt its tactics and strategies to effectively respond to a variety of threats and challenges on the battlefield.

In contrast, special operations and covert missions, leadership and organizational structure, and testing new technologies are important components of military strategy and operations but do not encapsulate the overarching focus of the Warfighting Functions. These functions specifically aim at integrating and synchronizing combined arms capabilities to maximize overall combat effectiveness.