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Pelaksanaan Operation Iraqi Freedom di Irak tahun 2003 disebut-sebutsebagai momentum tercapainya suatu revolution in military affairs oleh militerAmerika Serikat. Penjatuhkan rezim Saddam Hussein dari kepemimpinannya diIrak berhasil dilakukan dengan tempo yang singkat dan korban jiwa serta biayayang minim. Tujuh tahun sebelumnya, Departemen Pertahanan Amerika Serikatmempublikasikan dokumen Joint Vision 2010, yang berisi konsep-konsepoperasional yang dirancang Amerika Serikat untuk dapat mencapai suatu bentukdominasi menyeluruh dalam setiap pertempuran yang melibatkan militer AmerikaSerikat. Konsep-konsep tersebut terbukti berhasil diimplementasikan secaraefektif dalam pelaksanaan Operation Iraqi Freedom. Penelitian ini kemudianmenganalisis faktor-faktor penyebab berhasilnya implementasi konsep-konseptersebut dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitaif-eksplanatif. Hasilpenelitian ini menyatakan bahwa, keberhasilan implementasi konsep-konsepoperasional tersebut disebabkan oleh faktor kapabilitas speed, precision,situational awareness dan jointness yang dimiliki oleh militer Amerika Serikatdalam pelaksanaan Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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In 2003, United States conduct a military operation in Iraq to topple theSaddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime and replace it with a stable democracygovernment. The major combat operations in the so-called "Operation IraqiFreedom" which occurred from March 20, 2003 to April 9, 2003, is described torepresent the achievement of a revolution in military affairs by the United Statesmilitary. Seven years prior to the operation, the United States Department ofDefense published "Joint Vision 2010", a conceptual template for how UnitedStates' Armed Forces will channel the capabilites to achieve a revolution inmilitary affairs. The operational concepts which included in the document proofedto be implemented successfully seven years later in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thisresearch try to analyze the major contributing factors to the implementations ofJoint Vision 2010 in Operation Iraqi Freedom, which come to the conclusion thatthe implementation has been achieved succesfully because of four capabilites thatUnited States' Armed Force possessed: speed, precision, situational awareness andjointness., In 2003, United States conduct a military operation in Iraq to topple theSaddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime and replace it with a stable democracygovernment. The major combat operations in the so-called "Operation IraqiFreedom" which occurred from March 20, 2003 to April 9, 2003, is described torepresent the achievement of a revolution in military affairs by the United Statesmilitary. Seven years prior to the operation, the United States Department ofDefense published "Joint Vision 2010", a conceptual template for how UnitedStates' Armed Forces will channel the capabilites to achieve a revolution inmilitary affairs. The operational concepts which included in the document proofedto be implemented successfully seven years later in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thisresearch try to analyze the major contributing factors to the implementations ofJoint Vision 2010 in Operation Iraqi Freedom, which come to the conclusion thatthe implementation has been achieved succesfully because of four capabilites thatUnited States' Armed Force possessed: speed, precision, situational awareness andjointness.]