Seven Design Theory Considerations: An Approach to Ill-Structured Problems

November-December 2012  MILITARY REVIEW Major Ben Zweibelson is currently the 1-2 Cavalry Regiment operations officer in Vilseck, Germany. He is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, having recently served with NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, where he led operational level planning efforts that fused design theory with detailed planning. He holds an M.A. from Louisiana State University, an MMAS from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, and a master’s degree in military operational art from the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College Program.