This document is published to assist Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS) students at the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) during their Operational Art and Campaigning instruction. It is intended to supplement, not replace, joint doctrinal publications. However, as noted by Mr. Doug Johnson in Doctrine that Works, “doctrine should set forth principles and precious little more.” Therefore this primer is designed to promulgate information from several source documents and best practices to fill in where Joint doctrine departs. This primer should not be used solely to quote Joint Doctrine, Service Doctrine or DOD policy, nor does it relieve the individual from reading and understanding Joint Doctrine as published.