Preparing for Joint Network Operations
Abstract
The 2008 National Defense Strategy states that organization is key to DoD success. We must unite our disparate capabilities to wield unified force to forge the Total Force into an information and knowledge-based enterprise. We must break down old barriers and transform our organizations. This will require an investment in people. The National Military Strategy 2011 specifies that joint forces will be networked organizations. The network is vital to this transformation. DoD is more than a net-centric organization; it is a networked organization. To meet the criteria outlined, the Services and joint community must have trained leaders who understand that the network is more than the sum of its parts, who know how to integrate and synthesize multiple network components into a joint network, and who understand how the network enables C2. This paper concludes that the Service communities must change individual paradigms and develop a joint professional networked force by expanding joint training and focusing efforts on joint operations. The operational commander will have a seamless, efficient, and effective C2 network with these joint trained communication leaders. The paper recommends additions to training for communicators assigned to JTF capable headquarters and modifications to current joint exercises, which include a communications/network operations focus.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 04, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA546366
Entities
People
- Anne Wiersgalla
Organizations
- Naval War College