Setting Our Course in the Terror War: Symposium Report, 29-31 October 2001

Abstract

The Naval War College conducted a symposium, "Setting Our Course In the Terror War," 29-31 October 2001. It featured a series of speakers and panels, including representatives from the Navy, Coast Guard, and Joint commands and civilian specialists. The keynote address, delivered by Admiral Vernon E. Clark, was titled "Naval Missions in the New Strategic Environment." Panels addressed the following topics: Strategy over the Next Five Years: Threats and Missions; Navy Contributions to Homeland Defense; The Submarine Campaign; Long-Term Implications for the Navy of the Current Conflicts; Naval Offensive Counter-Terror Operations; and Naval Operational Concepts Beyond the Terror War. Key observations are summarized for the following topic areas: Continuing value of sea power; Need to balance roles, support U.S. Coast Guard; Maritime intercept operations (MIO); Logistics; Information operations (IO) and public diplomacy; Intelligence; International cooperation; Security; Continuing budget issues; Transformation; Acquisition process; and Deployments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA430604

Entities

People

  • Rodney P. Rempt

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Operations
  • International Law
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operations Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.