Command and Control of Special Operations Aviation: Doctrinal Challenges in a Multi-Theater Operation

Abstract

Joint doctrine explains and directs the way the U.S. Armed Forces organizes, plans, prepares, and executes military operations. It also provides guidance for establishing critical command relationships across the battlefield. Over the past nine years, continuous multi-theater combat operations have exposed seams and shortcomings concerning command and control arrangements within joint doctrine. This paper highlights a critical omission in the complex world of special operations aviation command and control, and offers recommendations on how to improve existing joint doctrine to facilitate successful supporting command relationships within the geographic combatant command structure to ensure successful implementation of special operations air component forces into the joint task force commander's mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 2010
Accession Number
ADA525089

Entities

People

  • Bradley D. Osterman

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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