Tumbling 'Component Walls' in Contingency Operations: A Trumpet's Blare for Sanding Joint Task Force Headquarters
Abstract
The principle aim of this study is to determine if further unification of service components below the combatant CINC level is required. More specifically, do the combatant CINC's require a standing joint task force (JTF) headquarters to provide operationally effective and efficient command and control during contingency operations where force entry or other immediate commitment to combat action is required? In answer to the research question, this study first presents a brief analysis of some recent significant changes in the world's strategic landscape which are dramatically increasing the importance of the ability of U.S. military forces to respond to regional contingencies. Secondly, the study highlights the nature of contingency operations by describing the characteristics of contingency operations, the characteristics required of contingency force and the demands these two combined place on a contingency force headquarters. Next, utilizing precepts from organization and decision-making theory, this study establishes suitable criteria which support evaluation of functional performance by a military organization at the operational level of war.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA243329
Entities
People
- John C. Coleman
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College