Battle Captain Revisited

Abstract

The battle captain is an integral position within a combat operations center (COC) and can play a major role in the effectiveness and efficiency of the COC. To employ the position consistently within the Marine Corps, the organization must agree on a baseline definition and expectation of the position. The doctrinal definition lends itself to this end, but because of the infancy of the concept many Marine Corps units have taken freedom in defining and employing the position. Moreover, no Marine Corps "battle captain" training program currently exists. For the Marine Corps to have universal "buy in" for and employment of the battle captain concept, it must improve the way it selects, trains, and employs its battle captains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA506042

Entities

People

  • T. E. Mahar

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Basic Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Expeditionary Warfare
  • Fire Support
  • Information Operations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Operating Systems
  • Situational Awareness
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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