The Fifth Service Looks at Doctrine

Abstract

The Coast Guard, having no doctrine command, chartered a field commanders' concept of doctrine team in 1994. Directed by operational flag officers, the team presented its findings to the commandant the following year. Common areas identified by the team as needing improvement were distilled into seven themes: unity of vision, efficiency, external links, training links, focus, unity of effort, and empowerment. These themes emerged as doctrine drivers. The team reported the need for a doctrine system and recommended that one be established. But because findings by other teams (training and streamlining) were pending at the time, and the form of the Coast Guard was thus unclear, the doctrine team recommended that a focus group be appointed to develop and analyze specific options and costs of implementing such a system. The following article represents a status report on efforts by the doctrine focus group that was chartered by the commandant under the Directorate for Reserve and Training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA525569

Entities

People

  • John S. Clay

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Coast Guard
  • Cost Estimates
  • Databases
  • Doctrine
  • Feedback
  • Guidance
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lessons Learned
  • Mission Area Analysis
  • National Security
  • Naval Doctrine
  • Naval Operations
  • Port Security
  • Relational Databases
  • Search And Rescue
  • Security

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security