Operational Decision to Execute Gaps in Operations Other than War. Ceding the Information Initiative.

Abstract

This monograph considers whether existing US Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C41) systems enhanced the effectiveness of US operational commanders' decision-making processes in Operations Other Than War (OOTW) in Somalia. The author accepts an inherent lag in time between the decision to employ military forces and the execution of missions by tactical units which those decisions generate. The work considers operational agility as a function of the decision making processes employed at the strategic, operational and tactical levels and the transition of decision between the levels of conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300243

Entities

People

  • Gregory J. Borden

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

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