Owning the Weather in the Maritime Environment

Abstract

There is a long history of weather impacting military operations. Today's U.S. Joint Forces must incorporate a thorough understanding of the battlespace environment into plans and execution in order to optimize the current generation of high-tech weapons and sensors. The Air Force, Army and Marine Corps place a high value on effectively working knowledge of the environment into all aspects of military operations. For largely cultural reasons the Navy continues to view weather more as a potential hazard, or limit to operations rather than as actionable force-multiplying intelligence. This is a potential problem for the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) working with limited resources against an enemy seeking to exploit asymmetric advantages (e.g., weather, terrain). A strategy for better incorporating weather into Maritime Operations and Plans through both organizational changes within the JFMCC, and adopting a philosophy of accountability regarding the integration of plans and forecasts is suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2005
Accession Number
ADA463299

Entities

People

  • Michael Angove

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Battlespace
  • Command And Control
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Meteorology
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Personnel Management
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers