The Marine Corps Communications Community Is Not Ready to Enable Command and Control in the Future Operating Environment
Abstract
The Marine Corps communications community is in disarray and needs to establish unity of command and effort throughout five key areas - doctrine, acquisitions, training, expectation management, and simplification of communications architectures in order to meet the challenges of the future operating environment (FOE). Specific problems are: ability to operate in a denied and degraded environment, organizational inefficiency, and operational disarray. These problems are significantly impacting communicators ability to enable command and control and, in turn, leading to systematic failure across all of the warfighting functions. The solutions to the problems are not found in costly technology, pitted against external threats, but rather, in simple decisions and actions, directed at internal problems. If these recommend solutions can be implemented now, the improvements will pay dividends in the FOE. Under a unified vision, the community can begin to create doctrine to address the challenges of the FOE, manage talent, training, doctrine, and acquisitions to be ready for the next fight against a near-peer enemy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 10, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1177729
Entities
People
- Matthew A. Knopp
Organizations
- Marine Corps University