Echelons Above Corps

Abstract

This article examines the meaning of EAC in its narrow and broad contexts and the major issues associated with the topic. For background, the article provides a historical overview of the Army's earlier higher echelon organizations and a review of the contemporary rebirth of this topic. The substance of the article is limited to considerations of principles, structures, and doctrine regarding military command and control of larger unit operations and does not discuss several important related topics, including communications structures, decision-making procedures, equipment, facilities, State Department interconnections, and intelligence collection and processing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA518359

Entities

People

  • John D. Stuckey

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Monitoring
  • Security
  • Standards
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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