The Digital CINC: Changing Command and Control Organization Architectures for the Information Age
Abstract
Joint Vision 2010, Joint Vision 2020, coupled with the tenets of Network-Centric Warfare, and the impetus of our leadership to transform the military, have mandated our military forces proceed towards information based warfare. The warfighter in the U.S. military establishment, the regional commander-in-chief (CINC), is left to determine how best to organize his command and control structure to gain the benefits provided from emerging information technologies. He must decide whether his future organization architecture will remain hierarchical and mechanistic, or become an adaptable, highly flexible, decentralized organic architecture. This papers approach is a push towards the organic, decentralized, and flexible command and control (C2) organization that is adapted to its environment. CENTCOM is used as the case study for heterogeneous organizations and the operational function of fires is used for the homogeneous organization. Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) will need to be developed to aid and support the CINC in his endeavor. Current doctrine is permeated with organization structures that are over 30 years old. Our leadership has given us the vision, we must know begin to fulfill it. To do this requires changes to how the CINC of the future organizes his functional staff to prosecute his mission. This paper offers three proposals to change the current structures based on near, mid and long term factors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 04, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA401498
Entities
People
- Grant G. Rutlin
Organizations
- Naval War College