 For example, as chief air power planner, he chose to target the Iraqi air defenses first, removing opposition that would have kept subsequent missions from creating effective precision attacks.This allowed him to achieve desired effects with far fewer munitions, reserving those critical assets for future missions.The January–February 2004 issue of "Field Artillery" magazine featured a report on the implementation of Effects-Based Operations in Afghanistan "to help shape an environment that enables the reconstruction of the country as a whole."