Integrated Targeting in the Joint Task Force: The Span of Simultaneous, Complex, and Interconnected Operations

Abstract

The conflicts that the United States military face are and will continue to be increasingly complex, requiring a more integrated approach to targeting. The future operating environment includes non-state adversaries, maritime target, complicated fights in the urban littorals, and multi-effect military weapons and equipment. In recent conflicts, each of the United States armed services targeted using different procedures and systems: fraught with unintended, unnecessary overlaps in capability not conjoined in a systematic, operational approach to targeting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176493

Entities

People

  • Jay P Dodge

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Continents
  • Environment
  • Target Designators
  • Targeting
  • Targets
  • United States
  • Weapons Support Equipment

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
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