Locating, Tracking and Eliminating Global Terrorists: Why U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Is Best Equipped to Serve as the Supported Combatant Command for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

Abstract

The SRP will investigate, and address, the numerous challenges that must be resolved (diplomatic, interagency, legal, and militarily) when terrorists cross GCC AOR boundaries. This SRP will be a comparative analysis of the capabilities and limitations of the current GCCs in order to determine which organization within the Department of Defense is optimally designed and prepared to address this aspect of the GWOT. Ultimately the SRP will answer the question: Should USSOCOM be designated by the Secretary of Defense as the supported commander for locating, tracking and eliminating transient international terrorist threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA449234

Entities

People

  • James P. Ludowese

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Counterterrorism
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • International Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

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