Future Nonlinear Warfare and the Pervasiveness of Uncertainty: Organization and Cognition in Marine Corps Intelligence

Abstract

Future combat operations by brigade- and force-level Marine Air Ground Task Forces will be conducted in complex and chaotic settings composed of interdependent and interactive systems within systems. Elements of the deployable Marine Corps Intelligence Operations Center must adapt organizationally and cognitively to support decision making and reduce uncertainty in these future nonlinear war scenarios. This adaptation requires horizontal and cellular organizational structures to cultivate collective consciousness, unbounded flow of information, and conditioning of systems mentalities among Marine intelligence analysts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176130

Entities

People

  • William E. Ii Deleal

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Combat Forces
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Intelligence Analysts
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Collection Disciplines
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Internet Of Things
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Surveillance
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
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