JFACC Afloat

Abstract

The Navy's new white paper, From The Sea, stresses that power projection from the sea in the littoral environment is a primary mission' for Naval forces. Given a major regional contingency operation requiring forced entry or control of littoral waters where host nation land bases are not available, the CJTF and his JFACC could be required to operate from a Naval platform (CV, Amphibious or LCC ship). The navy must be capable of executing the CJTF JFACC mission or hosting both the CJTF and JFACC taffs aboard ship. This paper will attempt to show that the concept of basing the JFACC afloat is feasible and sometimes desirable, but there are advantages and disadvantages.... JFACC Afloat

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266678

Entities

People

  • Orren R. Crouch

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Lessons Learned
  • Multiple Access
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Radio Equipment
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.