Use this guide to locate sources to help you research military operations, either national or international, and develop presentations and research papers discussing those operations. Use a combination of official documents, background on an operation from an official source (for example, something from the Center for Military History), and peer-reviewed articles you should use to justify your information/stated positions.
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The key official documents for US military operations are listed below. The National Security Strategy out of the White House, and the National Defense Strategy from the Department of Defense are both unclassified. The National Military Strategy from the Joint Chiefs of Staff is classified, and only the summary is publicly available.
Fact Sheet: 2022 National Defense Strategy
Interim National Security Strategic Guidance released March 03, 2021
National Security Strategy released December 2017 (Trump era)
National Security Strategy released February 2015 (Obama era)
Previous National Security Strategies
2018 National Defense Strategy Summary - Department of Defense - unclassified summary
2018 Description of the National Military Strategy - Joint Staff - unclassified summary
Official sources are official publications of the branches of the military or government. In the United States this would include the Department of Defense.
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