The Use of Operational Design and Intelligence in a Joint Task Force Environment to Fight the War on Drugs.

Abstract

This paper will argue for the creation of a national joint inter-agency Task Force organization to combat the primary transnational threat of the 21st Century Drugs. The primary focus for this joint task force will be the effective integration of national resources and theater military manpower and the vigorous use of national intelligence means to fight this threat. The joint Task forces' conceptual focus on the war on drugs calls for the use of operational design concepts to define, bound and tackle the problem. The model for the task force is centered around a joint military task force similar to that formed to respond to a serious military crisis. The national level Joint Task Force's primary mission will be to oversee counter-narcotics budgets, levy requirements, set priorities, deconflict duplication and coordinate with all other federal and military organizations. p3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311803

Entities

People

  • Luis A. Cruz

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Center Of Gravity
  • Commerce
  • Criminals
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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