Organizing Nonlethal Attack Assets in Operational and Strategic Organizations.

Abstract

Nonlethal attack assets, specifically public affairs, psychological operations and civil affairs, are often the first deep strike option of the operational and strategic commander. Organizing, integrating and synchronizing these assets into the staff structure and campaign plan is often poorly executed due to a lack of doctrine and joint tactics, techniques and procedures (JTTP). The result can be a nonlethal strike that is not linked to the overall plan and therefore late, ineffective or, at worst, contradictory to the operational or strategic aims. This project examines and then proposes a staff structure and methodology for integrating and synchronizing nonlethal assets. It provides a start point for development of detailed JTTP that will ensure timely, synergistic nonlethal attack. The implementation cost is minimal. The staff structure will be manned by existing personnel and the methodology is derived from doctrine but adapted to the unique nature of nonlethal attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326773

Entities

People

  • Dennis M. Murphy

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Civil Affairs
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Human Intelligence
  • Information Warfare
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychological Operations
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.