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Lesson Index: [ Introduction | Lesson Objective | Overview | EBO Defined | Effects Classification | Effects-Based vs Objective-Based | Why EBO? | National Strategic EBO | Combatant Commander EBO | EBO Example—Allied Force | Summary ]
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Voice: EBO is not employed as much as expected, because the concept is not well understood. To understand EBO you must first understand effects.
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Voice: Effects refer to the full range of outcomes, events, or consequences of actions, which can be derived from any instrument of national power whether economic, military, diplomatic, or information. Effects can occur at any point across the spectrum of conflict from peace to major theater war and at all levels from the strategic down to the tactical.
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Voice: Effects-based operations involve actions designed to achieve specific effects that contribute directly to the attainment of desired objectives.