An Analytical Approach to Educating Future IW Planners

Abstract

This thesis examines USSOCOM's proposal to educate IW strategists / campaign planners, and compares it to the existing model utilized by SAMS for educating conventional campaign planners. SAMS is a good comparative model because the SAMS program has a proven record in conventional campaign planning. Simply put, SAMS is a success and a model for other advanced ILE programs. This comparative analysis extracts educational "best practices" from both approaches and makes recommendations for consideration. Even with an optimal approach, implementation is an equally challenging problem. At the end, the thesis identifies future research opportunities for the utilization of USSOCOM's IW educated officers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508976

Entities

People

  • Scott E. Sill

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Teaching Methods
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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