7th Army LandWarNet Training and Readiness Oversight (TRO)
Abstract
The 7th Army LandWarNet (LWN) is the Army network in Europe and a "net-centric" system which cuts across the United States Army Europe/ 7th Army (USAREUR/7A) vertical command authorities and echelons of organizational structure. Training and readiness oversight (TRO) is inherent to command authority; executed through the vertical chain of command; and is command focused and organizationally based. The 7th Army LWN is not an organization but a system spanning many echelons. Consequentially, who is providing end-to-end TRO of an expanding and transforming network? To fully understand the connections and disconnects of "end-to-end TRO of the network", the two components of TRO and the 7th Army LWN must be analyzed to understand the relationship between TRO of the network, and the network. The first component of TRO is command authority which designates a commander as the responsible agent for TRO. The second component is organizational structure and functions which are the methods in which a commander executes and oversees the TRO process. In addition, it is critical to understand how a series of small networks, each under one commander and organization, expanded and merged to form a single and centralized Army network in USAREUR/7A. The TRO process and the network were once aligned under the same command authorities and organizational structures, but now fall under numerous and separate command authorities and organizations- TRO of the network and the network are disconnected.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 12, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA540078
Entities
People
- Dana S. Tankins
Organizations
- Air War College