Reaching Forward in the War against the Islamic State

Abstract

The Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Ground Force Commander surveys the farmland in front of him. His unit of ISOF soldiers has just captured two ISIL Commanders (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) at a house 50 kilometers from Baghdad far enough away to put this unit in danger of being overrun if ISIL fighters respond quickly. He knows that his enemies must have received the call to arms only minutes ago, and are on the way to his location.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 2016
Accession Number
AD1042541

Entities

People

  • Christopher Thielenhaus
  • Eric Roles
  • Pat Traeger

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellular Networks
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Security
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Security
  • Smartphones
  • Special Forces
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Task Forces
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.