Military Organizations and the Navy: Facilitating Joint Communication

Abstract

The Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) concept provided the framework for command and control of naval forces during the Cold War. Since the end of the Cold War the navy has been experimenting with variants to the CWC concept. The purpose of this paper is to examine ways in which the Navy can "plug into" service and joint command and control organizations, without the Navy losing the fundamental character of the CWC concept. We compare different military and civilian organizations and examine different ways the services can organize to exchange information. We examine how services currently organize for combat operation and how civilian organizations, and civilian organizational theory, deal with the problem of interacting with different organizations. Finally, we examine how service organizations can work together while maintaining their own, distinct organizational structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA386723

Entities

People

  • E. D. Mcgrady

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Fire Support
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).

Technology Areas

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