Person or Platform: A New Look at Selecting the Air and Missile Defense Commander

Abstract

In the Navys current austere financial environment, the Composite Warfare Commanders (CWCs) are being forced to do more with less. Reduction in funding translates to fewer assets and infrequent training opportunities yielding inadequacy in specific warfare areas under the CWCs purview. Specifically, with a diminishing cruiser fleet and sporadic career-long training, Air and Missile Defense Commanders (AMDC) are struggling to keep up with the increasingly complex art of the mission set. This papers focus is to discuss other options for the CWC to fill the role by determining the best and most qualified person for the job. The recommendations therein lend themselves to a cadre of individuals who have spent the majority of their careers practicing command and control of the many layers and multiple assets in the game of AMD. The result of such an approach offers the CWC the flexibility to shift the weight of effort for limited resources in many potentially diverse scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 2016
Accession Number
AD1018072

Entities

People

  • Matthew L. Enos

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Composite Materials
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Defense Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Guided Missiles
  • Information Operations
  • Maritime Security
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control