Information Operations: The Imperative of Doctrine Harmonization and Measures of Effectiveness

Abstract

In 2012, RAND published a report titled U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan: Effectiveness of Psychological Operations 2001 2010,1 which concluded that there was a disconnect between the doctrine and practice of information operations (IO) in the field that was counterproductive to effective and efficient operations. The report made several recommendations for improving the effectiveness of IO in Afghanistan, including the need for a cohesive strategy better integrating IO with psychological operations (PSYOP) and public affairs (PA), as well as having a set of clearly defined measures of effectiveness (MOE). Today, as the United States looks to further reduce its military footprint in Afghanistan, the need for harmonized IO doctrine that supports effective operations in the field, as well as the measures with which to gauge their effectiveness, is even greater.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA624367

Entities

People

  • Arturo Munoz
  • Erin Dick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Congress
  • Doctrine
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Military Information Support Operations
  • National Security
  • Operations Security
  • Public Policy
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

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