Hide and Seek: 21st Century Battle of Signatures

Abstract

The Marine Corps is not currently manned, trained or equipped to win a battle of signatures in the near future. After being at war for the last sixteen years, the entire Department of Defense has been focused on winning the current conflicts, vice looking to the future. The Marine Corps must identify gaps in the existing plan and equipment and examine some alternatives for conducting more successful operations in the future. While this is obviously the right course of action, the Marine Corps has not properly transitioned resourcing to preparing for the next conflict. This paper will cover a brief recent history on the importance of signature management (SIGMAN), explain the current USMC plan for signature management, identify gaps in the existing plan and equipment, and examine some alternatives for conducting more successful operations in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2018
Accession Number
AD1177199

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Smith

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Camouflage
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Deception
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Great Lakes
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • International Security
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Procurement
  • Radar Signatures
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.