Meeting the Challenge of Providing Visibility of Force Readiness and Capabilities in a Multinational Environment
Abstract
This is a challenging time for the Alliance. What are the true warfighting capabilities of the Alliance? In assessing those capabilities, what metrics is required to assess a unit's joint readiness? With increasing demands being placed on NATO military forces, there is a growing need for Senior Decision-makers to receive more timely, analytical and flexible readiness assessments. Therefore, the Alliance must be able to assess and prioritize missions, essential tasks and operational requirements. This paper examines the challenges of developing and maintaining visibility of force readiness and capabilities within a multinational environment. Alliance and Member Nation/Service policies on force readiness and capability vary widely and often provide only a limited snapshot of a unit's ability to conduct its primary wartime mission and not the actual military operations they are undertaking. The challenge for the Alliance is to maintain readiness to support near-term force requirements as well as the tong-term requirements of preparing for future security challenges. While technological advances occur rapidly, changes to readiness policies and reporting procedures move more slowly. This reality is more complex within a multinational environment due to the requirement to extract data from existing heterogeneous, legacy Alliance databases in order to present a coherent view of Alliance forces and their respective headquarters activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010692
Entities
People
- William M. Cryan
Organizations
- United States Joint Forces Command