Mitigating Media Impact in Military Operations Other Than War

Abstract

United States military has endured a dynamic history with the media over the course of American history. Although both institutions share the common goal of preserving freedom, a never-ending clash exists between the media-claimed right to free access and the military responsibility to control its operations. The transition of military activities from traditional war fighting to conducting military operations other than war (MOOTW) has presented several challenges to today's operational commander. Political constraints placed on the principles of MOOTW most likely to be impacted by media reporting--security, legitimacy, unity of effort, and objective-- mandate that the operational commander must take advantage of existing tools developed to confront this challenge. Besides having a firm understanding of the historical relationship and media perspectives regarding military operations, the commander of future MOOTW must incorporate lessons learned from most recent case studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389497

Entities

People

  • James A. Kirk Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Civil War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Information Operations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges

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