Critical Integration: The Brigade Combat Team Engineer Coordinator and Geospatial Engineering
Abstract
In recent years, the civilian and military use of geospatial information has become more advanced and significantly more widespread. In the Army force structure, organic geospatial engineering assets have been positioned at the brigade level. But what are engineer staff officers doing differently to fulfill their role in this changed environment? If we step back from our on-the-ground experiences and examine how this essential engineering function is coordinated at the tactical level, the technological and organizational transformations have not been accompanied by an evolving vision of how engineer staffs integrate geospatial support to help accomplish a brigade combat team (BCT) commander s mission. The ability to leverage geospatial information and services lags far behind the technology. Instead of expanding the accessibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of geospatial support across a BCT staff and subordinate units, Army engineers often use it to accomplish the same tasks in the same way, but with a higher wow factor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA560307
Entities
People
- Colleen R. Vermeulen
Organizations
- United States Army Engineer School