Restructuring to Achieve Joint Engineer Integration and Transformation
Abstract
The service and joint engineer organizations that managed the military's engineer forces through the Cold War are no longer adequate to meet the new demands of the twenty-first century. Increased joint engineer operations, including new homeland defense support requirements, transformation of the joint force, and the growing need for efficient use of scarce engineer resources have created new demands on senior engineer leaders and their controlling organizations. These new realities drive the need for an engineer organizational structure that effectively orchestrates full spectrum, joint engineer integration in support of combatant commanders and that facilitates continuous joint engineer transformation. This paper reviews the structure and mission of the U.S. Army Engineer School (USAES), the Naval Construction forces Command (NCFC), the Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (AFCESA), the joint engineer staffs of the Joint Staff, Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), and the geographic combatant commanders. It proposes a set of organizational changes that will improve the senior engineer leadership's ability to accomplish joint engineer integration and transformation. Recommendations include the creation of a Joint Engineer Integration and Transformation Office in JFCOM; more robust, separate combatant command engineer staffs directed by a general officer; and increased staffing in USAES, NCFC, and AFCESA. (4 figures, 25 refs.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 07, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA420102
Entities
People
- Paul W. Kelly
Organizations
- United States Army War College