Leveraging Human Interaction for Joint Training
Abstract
Desert Storm was clearly a battlefield in a classic sense. Similar conflicts may lurk in the near future, and the Armed Forces are quite properly pursuing training programs to deal with them. At the same time, however, challenges will emerge outside the boundaries of the battlefield. These are small scale contingency operations (as noted in the Report of the Quadrennial Defense Review that require capabilities which both differ from and are allied to warfighting. Such actions include show-of-force operations, interventions, limited strikes, noncombatant evacuation operations, no-fly zone enforcement, peace enforcement, maritime sanctions enforcement. counterterrorism operations, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief. Effective high level training for most small scale contingency operations must differ from conventional training in the same way these operations differ from warfighting. The contrast arises from the need for the joint commander and his staff to operate differently during the planning and conduct of such operations. To varying degrees, depending on the exact nature of the operation, obligations must be discharged by cooperation rather than command. Human Interaction between more or less equals is the primary mode of implementation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA354197
Entities
People
- Edward Marks
- John H. Eisenhour
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs