Of One Mind: Decision Superiority through Unifying Maritime Operations in the Information Environment

Abstract

Service-specific thinking about operations in the information environment (OIE) must adapt to achieve seapower in the 21st century. The aim of future maritime operations is to gain and maintain decision superiority in the contested operations of the littorals. To achieve decision superiority, a Maritime Task Force (MTF) must control the information environment. The Navy and Marine Corps currently defines and fights in the IE differently and there is no Navy-Marine Corps unity of effort associated with OIE beyond a circumstantial ad hoc structure. The MTF cannot fight in the future Operating Environment without an integrated OIE C2 structure. This analysis uses a seven-function OIE framework to provide a recommendations by which the senior leadership of each service can categorize information-related capabilities (IRCs) to assist in developing the C2 structure necessary to conduct OIE. Ultimately, unity of effort in the information environment will ensure information superiority and enable decision superiority over a peer adversary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177381

Entities

People

  • Jeffery H. Robichaux

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychological Operations
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.