The Joint Task Force Headquarters in Contingency Operations

Abstract

This monograph examines the establishment and structure of Joint Task Force headquarters in modern contingency operations. The large scale, well prepared, and extensively rehearsed efforts designed to win a global conflict, and the fixed command and control structures formed to direct them, will no longer be effective in dealing with the emerging regional threats of the post- Cold War era. In the foreseeable future, specially tailored Joint Task Force headquarters will have to be established to execute contingency operations at the operational level, under a warfighting CINC's strategic oversight. A range of options is available for the provision of the required headquarters structure. The one selected will have a significant impact on the planning and execution of the operation. The monograph seeks to determine whether or not an optimum solution exists for the designation and establishment of an operational level Joint Task Force headquarters for a major contingency. Joint task force, Command and control, Joint operations, Contingency operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274327

Entities

People

  • Blair A. Ross Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Second World War
  • Special Operations Forces
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • United States Pacific Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control