Stacking the Deck: Staffing for Success at the Operational Level

Abstract

U.S. Naval Force doctrinal awareness continues to rise since the cold wars end, and is currently exemplified by SeaPower 21, which provides a vision to more efficiently integrate and project maritime force. However, today's Naval Forces are quite akin in basic structure and staffing as those that sailed in the post-Vietnam era. Technology has brought watershed capability improvements in precision fires and data transmission, but naval forces have not similarly advanced command and control frameworks or operational level processes to keep pace. This paper briefly examines naval force structure since the cold war as well as current operational naval force concepts. Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Groups as well as Expeditionary Strike Force staffing concepts at both the tactical and operational levels of war are covered. Finally the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Tacmemo 3-32-03 is looked at as an operational level process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464557

Entities

People

  • John R. Delaere

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Force Structure
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

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