The "Softer Side" of Combat Operations Research

Abstract

MULTI-NATIONAL, MULTI-NGO, MULTI-LANGUAGE COALITION COOPERATION: (1) Multi-National Forces in Iraq consists of ~25 national military contingents: US, UK, Poland, South Korea, Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan, Latvia, Albania, Moldavia, Mongolia, etc. But -- there is also the Department of State, US Agency for International Development, International Republican Institute, Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the INS, the BATF, the IRS, the FBI, United Nations, Red Cross, the Department of Justice, RAND, Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office, etc., etc.; (2) While all of them have the best of intentions, they all serve different "masters" with different, sometime competing agendas; (3) Sharing and Release of data is a major challenge; (4) Plus and Minus of redundant work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA447598

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Mcgurk

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Basic Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Computer Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Language
  • Middle East
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Security
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.