Unity of Effort: A Comparison of OMFTS and Network Centric Operations

Abstract

In the five years since the Marine Corps released "Operational Maneuver From the Sea" (OMFTS) as its capstone operational concept, the Navy has yet to adopt a similar document. This inconsistency poses potential problems as the Naval Service attempts to transform itself for the future. However, the Naval Warfare Development Command has produced a draft operational concept called "Network Centric Operations" that could potentially meet the requirement for a complimentary concept to OMFTS. This paper reviews the concepts presented in OMFTS and identifies nine requirements that should be met by a complementary Navy operational concept. The paper then reviews "Network Centric Operations" and determines that it does meet those requirements. Though each operational concept has weaknesses, it is clear that both concepts follow similar concept development. This is important to tactical and operational commanders during future testing and development-assuming that "Network Centric Operations" is adopted by the Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389559

Entities

People

  • Mark D. Lechner

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Force Structure
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Doctrine
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Sea Based
  • Situational Awareness
  • Tactical Warfare
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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