The philosophy of Be, Know, and Do in forming the 21st-century military war-front competencies: a systematic review

ABSTRACT

21st-century military operational environment is characterised by changeability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Hence, the military primarily aims to groom and develop essential competencies of the soldiers for success and survival. The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesise 21st-century military war-front competencies to connect to the philosophy of Be, Know, and Do to analyse what a soldier must Be, what a soldier must Know, and what a soldier must Do to successfully fulfil the responsibilities and assigned roles. This philosophy relates 21st-century military competencies to the best set of meta-competencies according to the functionality in the operational environment. The study identified 300 pieces of research and 15 military field manuals published in various journals and databases. For each research, purpose, corresponding competencies, and criteria were used to analyse competencies. This research aims at preparing a conceptual framework of 21st-century military war-front competencies.

KEYWORDS:

• Military
• war-front
• 21st-century competencies
• systematic review
• philosophy of Be
• Know
• Do

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

ARMY PUBLICATIONS

Army Publishing Directorate website: (www.apd.army.mil).

1.FM 1. The Army, 14 June 2005.

2.FM 1-0. Human Resources Support, 6 April 2010.

3.FM 101-5. Staff Organizations and Operations, 31 May 1997. Will be revised as FM 5-0 and retitled Planning

4.FM 100-14. Risk Management, 23 April 1998. Will be revised as FM 3-100.14.

5.FM 22-100. Army Leadership, 31 August 1999. Will be revised as FM 6-22.

6.FM 25-100. Training the Force, 15 November 1988.

5.FM 3-0. Operations, 27 February 2008.

4.FM 3-06.11 (FM 90-10-1). Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain, 28 February 2002.

5.FM 3-09.32 (FM 90-20). J-Fire Multiservice Procedures for the Joint Application of Firepower, 15 November 2002

6.FM 3-21.75. The Warrior Ethos and Soldier Combat skills, 13 August 2013

7.FM 3-90.6. The Brigade Combat Team, 14 September 2010.

8.FM 5-19. Composite Risk Management, 08/21/2006

9.FM 7-0 (FM 25-100). Training the Force, 22 October 2002.

10.FM 7-1. Battle Focused Training, September 2003.

11.FM 7-22.7 (TC 22-6). The Army Noncommissioned Officer Guide, 23 December 2002.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Devika Sangwan

Devika Sangwan, Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Pilani [email protected] Professor Devika is the Head of the department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS, Pilani. She has her PhD in feminism and her research interests include feminism, literature, cinema, and engineering education.

Punita Raj

Punita Raj, Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Pilani [email protected]  Punita Raj is a Doctoral fellow in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences in BITS, Pilani. She is doing her research in the area of warfront competencies in the selected war adaptation. Her research interest includes war, adaptation, cinema, and competencies.