READY FOR TODAY – EVOLVING FOR TOMORROW
THE ALLIED RAPID REACTION
CORPS RECEIVES ACCOLADE FOR
ITS RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Major Derek Thornton, United States Army
This essay outlines how the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) received an
‘Operational Analysis Award’ at the United States Army Operations Research Symposium
on 18 October 2018 for combining alternative analysis approaches and a Bayesian
probability model to organise the thinking of a modern British-led corps headquarters.
Why did HQ ARRC need to
update its risk management
process?
The ARRC’s commander had a problem.
During Exercise ARRCADE FUSION
2015 multiple staff sections presented
impactful issues that could undermine his
ability to conduct operations. Examples
included medical resource limitations,
logistics constraints and unforeseen
threat activities. Risk assessments
were created based on the situational
awareness and military judgement of
“COMARRC views all
his decisions through
the lens of risk and
therefore, in order for
him to make informed
decisions he needs to
be reassured that his
staff understand the
process that the HQ
uses to identify and
manage risk.”
Lt. Cdr. Charlotte Yemm, Royal Navy
ARRC Journal 2018
Major Seth Pruett receiving the Operational Analysis Award at the Army Operations Research Symposium)
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