Creating Common Space in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: Best Practices for the Operational Commander to Ensure Unity of Effort between Military and Non-Military Organizations

Abstract

Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations are listed as a core mission in multiple service and joint doctrinal publication. Analysis of successful military and non-military cooperation in HA/DR operations illuminates several elements of operational art which are more necessary than in conventional military operations. Two case studies, European Union Operation ATALANTA to provide relief to Somalia and US Operation UNIFIED RESPONSE in Haiti, are analyzed in terms of objectives, command structure, operational leadership, and command and control systems. Insights on these elements highlight the importance of the specific elements, operational objectives, leadership, and knowledge management/information management (KM/IM) best practices. Finally, the paper draws conclusions for US GCC and JTF commanders executing HA/DR operations and for joint terminology to avoid problems in cooperation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546272

Entities

People

  • Matthew S. Rasmussen

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Disasters
  • European Union
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Text Messaging
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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