Developing Doctrine for the 1st Space Brigade

Abstract

The 1st Space Brigade is a relatively new organization, but its predecessors and component parts have been providing Space support to Army and joint operations since before Operation Desert Storm. While the U.S. Air Force Space Command history would assert that Desert Storm was "truly the first Space War," the increasing reliance of tactical forces upon strategic and commercial Space capabilities in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom sparked the conception and creation of a Space Brigade headquarters that could provide command and control (C2) of Space forces; coordination, deconfliction, and prioritization of Space effects; and Space force enhancement support. The activation of the 1st Space Brigade (Provisional) in 2003, and the subsequent activation of the brigade as a Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) unit in 2005, have enabled Army Space professionals to develop new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for planning, coordinating, executing, and assessing Space support to Army and joint operations. Until now, the 1st Space Brigade has relied on unpublished concepts developed internally, as well as on Joint Publication 3-14 and Field Manual 3-14 for doctrinal guidance. While the published doctrinal manuals are good for broad doctrinal guidance and as Space tutorials, the time has come for the Space Brigade to have a doctrinal manual that befits its important status as a unique MTOE brigade. Now the Future Warfare Center Directorate of Combat Development and the commander, the staff of the 1st Space Brigade, and other subject matter experts are engaged in codifying the Army Space Coordination Detachment, the Commercial Exploitation Team, and new TTPs into Field Manual (FM) 3-14.10, Space Brigade Operations. Publication of the final product is expected in February 2007.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA520172

Entities

People

  • Robert Zaza

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Army Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Force Protection
  • Information Operations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Space Force
  • Space Operations
  • Space Systems
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

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