Stabilizing the Future

Abstract

History has shown that military forces may not be suited to the operating environment and changing that reality will be a difficult process. A variety of factors to include recommendations from the Defense Science Board, doctrinal demands, and historical precedent were analyzed to support this thesis. The outcome of that analysis showed that a unified functional combatant command could simultaneously meet these recommendations and demands. The establishment of USSOCOM provided the necessary historical precedent. The benefits of such a command include an increased understanding within the operating environment as well as a potentially more effective force for executing stability operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504871

Entities

People

  • Matthew A. Woodhead

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Affairs
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Law Enforcement
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Special Forces
  • Stability Operations
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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