Assessment of Naval Core Capabilities
Abstract
The Navy and Marine Corps have traditionally advanced what are termed "Core Capabilities" as convenient shorthand for explaining what they do uniquely to secure the nation. After the initiation War on Terror, additional core capabilities found their way into various authoritative Department of the Navy documents. Concerned with the lack of consistency between the various lists of naval "core capabilities," the Secretary of the Navy's Office of Program and Process Appraisal (OPPA) tasked IDA to provide an independent assessment. The study attempts to define a core capability and to propose a consolidated list of naval core capabilities in priority order. The study proposes a methodology for quantifying "credible capability" for each core capability and recommends study topics for the Department of the Navy analytical agenda. The study recommends that the Department of the Navy give even greater emphasis to a strategic communications campaign to document the roles the Marine Corps; Navy Special Warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and naval power projection forces have played in the success of the war effort. Greater emphasis also needs to be placed on developing the analytical frameworks for striking an appropriate balance between the current focus on the War on Terror and future threats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 15, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA495740
Entities
People
- Alfred Kaufman
- Grant Sharp
- Jerome J. Burke
- Patricia Cohen
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses