American Joint Helicopter Command: Addressing a Lack of Operational Control of Rotary Assets

Abstract

In the current United States joint command and control structure, rotary assets from all services are inadequately involved in integrated planning, integrated operations, and collectively unable to achieve unity of effort. Based on the tenets of operational command and control by Milan Vego, across all services, the United States helicopter forces fare lacking operational command and control. In this paper I provide specific examples of three major failures of our current joint command and control structure, integrated operations, integrated planning, and unity of effort indicating a breakdown in operational command and control. After identifying these failures, I propose that a new joint command similar to the British Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is a feasible option to resolve these failures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2007
Accession Number
ADA476679

Entities

People

  • Brandon Marsowicz

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Addressing
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Friendly Fire
  • Helicopters
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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