This study investigates the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), an automated, tactical command and control system. JTIDS is being developed to enhance coordination of air defense operations in joint and combined operations. This...
The focus of this monograph is to determine if present joint and service component command and control (C2) doctrine, organization, and support systems ensure adequate interoperability when different services are brought together to fight as part...
The challenges of multinational land operations are to integrate various force contributions that are different in organization, capability, and size. This situation creates problems for smaller nations with limited ability to provide larger scale...
This monograph examines the interagency interoperability challenges faced by joint force commanders and planners during international humanitarian assistance operations (HAO). Three patterns or currents flow through the study. These currents...
The J4 logistics officer for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula from May 2004 to May 2005, Major Dennis Levesque was responsible for the "life sustainment" of this strategic-level organization throughout the Iraqi...
Joint interoperability is the key to enhancing the Army's warfighting capabilities in the years to come. The ability to provide fully interoperable information system support to an Army-led Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed halfway around the world...
Multinational operations have been the norm in warfare and information management between multinational forces has long been an issue within alliances and in coalition warfare. The ongoing Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) in information...
Special Operations Forces Integrating SOF into Joint Warfighting. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Jones, U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Wes Rehorn, U.S. Army SOF on the Contemporary Battlefield. Colonel Mike Findlay, U.S. Army; Lieutenant Colonel...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This study examines command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence (C4I) systems interoperability progress within the United States (U.S.) military services and amongst coalition partners since the year 2000. This study uses national...
The TACS provides the Tactical Air Forces (TAF) Commander the capability to direct and control tactical air assets. The system is highly flexible and may be employed in support of a unified command, Joint Task Force (JTF), as an augmentation...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threat to the US Army and various methods used to counter this threat. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is the current method. This paper will address...
The Global War on Terror (GWOT) requires that the military modify its methodology for conducting global operations. The military is transitioning from primarily lethal-focused offensive and defensive operations to full-spectrum operations that also...
The United States Military employs Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems to increase a commander's ability to defeat a "hostile, thinking, and adaptive enemy" by enhancing battle...
This thesis identifies air base ground defense issues which arose during US Air Force involvement in the Vietnam Conflict from November 1964 until January 1973. After identification of these air base ground defense issues, six active duty US Air...
The increasing likelihood and potentially devastating effects of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) use against the United States has forced a reexamination of America’s national security posture here at home. Fortunately, much has been done...
This thesis examines command, control, and communications (C3) interoperability between Australian and United States armies. The basis for interoperability between the two nations is reviewed, together with the current level of C3 interoperability...
This study examines the command and control issue that joint forces encounter during United Nations sponsored humanitarian assistance operations. By analyzing current doctrine for forming and operating joint task forces, the thesis offers insight...
Military operations in the early 1980's envisioned multiple echelons of Soviet forces attacking forward deployed NATO units based in western Germany. Doctrinal thinking and publication focused on how best to stop this Army once it began its race...