Military Review English Edition July-August 2015 | Page 103

OPERATIONAL ART desired end state. It is a picture of your operation or campaign. Figure 3 provides an example of such a graphic representation. Even though we have each line of effort arranged in sequence, they now need to be aligned in time with each other. Your lines should run horizontally, displaying actions sequentially from left to right. The element of time will run vertically and can be displayed in days, months, or years, depending upon your planning horizon. Once you have a common t