Applying "Collaboration" to United States European Command (USEUCOM) Mission Processes

Abstract

The ability to reach-back and use capabilities in the continental United Slates to perform functions formerly accomplished only in the theater of military operations is one of the highlights of operation Allied Force. Such capability improves responsiveness to urgent requirements in a conflict and reduces the amount of equipment and the number of personnel that must be transported to the theater. In short, the capability to integrate our force globally yields significant improvements in our ability to respond to crises, particularly during their initial stages... Extensive growth in communications capacity enabled an unprecedented degree of reliance on U.S. based forces to provide direct support for in-theater tasks. Targets in Kosovo and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were developed through the concerted effort of numerous agencies in the United States cooperating closely with commands in Europe. Planning and integration of cruise missile attacks by bombers operating from the continental United States and the United Kingdom and by ships and submarines operating in the Mediterranean were closely coordinated by commanders and planners who were widely separated geographically. Bomb damage assessments of strikes made against targets in theater were conducted by agencies and commands located in the United States in close support with efforts by commands in the European theater. This system of using geographically dispersed activities to perform and integrate bomb damage assessment (BDA) became known as federated BDA. Expert personnel located in the United States and Europe performed detailed planning of information operations. Kosovo operations continued a trend of increasing global integration of U.S. forces and commands to support operations in a distant theater.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010702

Entities

People

  • Gregory G. Chapin
  • Steve Dodd

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Best Practices
  • Collaborative Techniques
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Lessons Learned
  • Network Architecture
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design