Talking Turkey: Opening Operation Iraqi Freedom's Second Front

Abstract

During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in addition to the main front from Kuwait CENTCOM attempted to open a second front through the country of Turkey into Iraq. This paper describes the command and control and unit resourcing issues confronted in attempting to open this front. This paper then recommends changes to the operational level organizations needed to plan and execute successful military deployments in today's dynamic environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424164

Entities

People

  • Patrick T. Warren

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Iraqi-War
  • National Security
  • Operations Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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