Welcome back to the second video in our
doctrine education series . Our video
today , we'll talk about who approves
and signs doctrine and then we will
discuss what is this thing we call
doctrine . Before we delve into what is
doctrine . Let's look at one important
fact about doctrine . Who is
responsible for approving operational
doctrine publications , Air Force
Dectrine Publication one . The Air
Force is approved and signed by the
Chief of Staff of the Air Force . A . f .
d . p . one is the cornerstone of all
other operational doctrine and applies
lessons learned and best practices that
all airmen should understand . The
Lama's center commander is the
principal agent to the Sea Staff for
doctrine and lessons learned . The
LeMay center Commander is the final
approving and signatories for all other
operational doctrine . Now let's take a
look at what makes up doctrine .
Doctrine is overwhelmingly about the
organization and employment of forces .
It's agreed upon best practices and
principles . How do we know what
these agreed upon best practices are ?
First we get the inputs from the
experts in the field . Secondly , we go
by history , debate and analysis of
doctrine , concepts and finally , we
use exercises , war games and lessons
learned from contingencies . The
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
has directed that doctrine is
considered as official advice . That
means it is authoritative but not
directive , authoritative means the
doctrine can be traced back to a known
source as we talked about above . Think
of using the word should instead of
must shall or will . Why is it
important ? What is the value of
doctrine ? Doctrine is valuable because
it provides us a guide on how we
organize present , deploy and employ
forces . If you use doctrine as your
foundation , you already have a
starting point that you can build as
necessary instead of starting from
scratch . Now let's take a look at the
two P pillars of air force doctrine .
The principle of joint operations
titled Unity of Command is vital to how
the Air force operates in the Joint
force . Every airman needs to know who
he or she works for at all times and
that the ultimate responsibility for
operational decisions rests with a
single authority . Airmen worked for
the air component commander who is
responsible to the Joint Force
Commander . The key tenet of Airpower
Mission Command provides airmen
operating in environments of increasing
uncertainty , complexity and rapid
change with the freedom of action
needed to exploit emergent
opportunities and succeed Airman work
for airmen and the senior airman . The
air component commander works for the
joint Commander . This senior airman is
where the operational and
administrative chains of command come
together . Doctrine
provides a common language and frame of
reference . If we all use the same
understood terms . The chance of
misunderstanding is greatly reduced .
Doctrine gives airmen a consistent and
teachable approach to air power . If
you understand what tools you have to
use , you can start thinking outside
the box . The tools came in This
concludes Part one . What is doctrine
be sure to check out Part two . To
understand some terminology and the
difference between doctrine and
concepts and how Doctor notes fit into
the picture . Check out all our
doctrine publications on our website .