Geographic Combatant Commanders and Design

Abstract

Geographic Combatant Commanders and Design. Despite a vigorous debate within the joint community, it appears that joint doctrine will soon incorporate tenets of design, similar to U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps service doctrine. Regardless of the debate, this paper objectively evaluates and concludes that there is substantial merit in design, particularly as it relates to critical thinking, unity of effort and regressive planning processes. While awaiting doctrinal inclusion, geographic combatant commanders should include tenets of design in key staff agencies. This paper recommends incorporation of design into two primary organizations within the existing structure of geographic combatant commands that would benefit most from the inclusion of design: the Joint Interagency Coordination Group and the Standing Joint Force Headquarters-Core Element. These two organizations will deliver the best results for geographic combatant commanders in the interim period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 27, 2010
Accession Number
ADA535537

Entities

People

  • Dwight K. Dorau

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Training
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Doctrine
  • Inclusions
  • Information Operations
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • New York
  • Thinking
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War
  • War Colleges

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design