Download or read book C2 Policy Evolution at the U S Department of Defense WWMCCS to a Unified Military Command Capability written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary command and control policy document for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been unchanged since 1971, the last time that DoD Directive 5100.30 titled The World Wide Military Command and Control System was published. Since this publication has, in effect, been obsolete for at least 10-15 years, one could argue that we have been operating without a Department-level C2 policy for at least that long. By all accounts, as witnessed during recent conflict, our tactical forces are doing a better job of C2 than ever before. The same might not be said for national and strategic C2. Nor may we believe coalition C2 is improved. This situation then begs the following questions: is tactical C2 better because we have no effective department-level policy or in spite of that fact? Is a broad Departmental policy for command and control required only at the strategic and national level, and, if so, what should it address? Is DoD C2 policy necessary to address strategic or tactical C2; national or global issues: regional or theater concerns: or should it be directed primarily toward the joint and coalition environment, or all of the above. A more basic issue is what areas of C2 should be addressed. Some potential categories that come to mind are national, strategic, nuclear, global, regional, theater, joint, tactical, coalition, etc. Finally, but not of least importance, regardless of the categories selected, is a C2 policy needed to determine who should be in charge of ensuring command and control capabilities, at any level, meet the needs of the warfighter and how do these roles and responsibilities fit with legislative and regulatory mandates? Importantly, as we move into a net-centric environment, does C2 change? Is an entirely new policy required that transcends previous policy? Logically, it seems a DoD directive that codifies overall C2 policy for the Department should be at the forefront of DoD directives.

Download or read book The World Wide Military Command and Control System evolution and effectiveness written by David Eric Pearson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the best single way to summarize it is to view the book as a bureaucratic or organizational history. What the author does is to take three distinct historical themes-organization, technology, and ideology and examine how each contributed to the development of WWMCCS and its ability (and frequent inability) to satisfy the demands of national leadership. Whereas earlier works were primarily descriptive, cataloguing the command and control assets then in place or under development, The book offers more analysis by focusing on the issue of how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. While at first glance less provocative, this approach is potentially more useful for defense decision makers dealing with complex human and technological systems in the post-cold-war era. It also makes for a better story and, I trust, a more interesting read. By necessity, this work is selective. The elements of WWMCCS are so numerous, and the parameters of the system potentially so expansive, that a full treatment is impossible within the compass of a single volume. Indeed, a full treatment of even a single WWMCCS asset or subsystem-the Defense Satellite Communications System, Extremely Low Frequency Communications, the National Military Command System, to name but a few-could itself constitute a substantial work. In its broadest conceptualization, WWMCCS is the world, and my approach has been to deal with the head of the octopus rather than its myriad tentacles.

Download or read book Command and Control written by Ronald Clinton Bethmann and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present an introduction to command and control (C2) and establish a foundation for understanding the complex nature of C2 and the C2 process. A historical perspective is presented which demonstrates the importance of effective C2 to national, military, and political objectives. The command and control process is described, and the basic characteristics of a C2 system are specified. The command and control structure of the United States military organization is presented. An introduction to the architecture of C2 systems is described, and a conceptual architecture of the C2 process is developed. The authors describe the U.S. strategic nuclear command and control structure and provide a basic description of the tactical warfighting doctrines and C2 structures of the U.S. Armed Forces including the wartime operations of the Coast Guard. The authors conclude with a fundamental approach to the process involving the evaluation of complex command and control systems. Keywords: Command/control, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Unified commands, WWMCCS, PPBS. Theses.

Download or read book The World Wide Military Command and Control System written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The World Wide Military Command and Control System WWMCCS Report on Evolution Effectiveness Implementation Eisenhower and the Cold War to the Space Satellite Era written by Air University Press and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive analysis of the worldwide military command and control system (WWMCCS), the author examines how organization, technology, and ideology contributed to the development of WWMCCS. He explains how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. An interview with the chief technical officer of the system that replaced WWMCCS brings a contemporary flavor to the study.PART I * Conceptualization * 1 Centralizing the Defense Establishment * 2 Defense Communications Agency and System * 3 National Military Command System * 4 WWMCCS Is Born * 5 Three WWMCCS Failures * PART II * Formalization * 6 WWMCCS Automatic Data Processing Upgrade * 7 Centralizing Communications Management * 8 The WWMCCS Council and the Modern WWMCCS Structure * 9 The WWMCCS Architect and Architecture * 10 WWMCCS Intercomputer Network * 11 The Carter Administration and the Evolutionary Approach * 12 Crises and Criticisms * 13 Failures at NORAD * PART III * Implementation * 14 Strategic Modernization * 15 The C3I Triad: Programs * 16 WWMCCS Information System * 17 Defense Centralization * 18 Defense Communications and the End of the Cold War * 19 Organization, Technology, and Ideology in Command and Control

Download or read book Travellers Merchants and Settlers in the Eastern Mediterranean 11th 14th Centuries written by David Jacoby and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of studies (the eighth by David Jacoby) covers a period witnessing intensive geographic mobility across the Mediterranean, illustrated by a growing number of Westerners engaging in pilgrimage, crusade, trading and shipping, or else driven by sheer curiosity. This movement also generated western settlement in the eastern Mediterranean region. A complex encounter of Westerners with eastern Christians and the Muslim world occurred in crusader Acre, the focus of two papers; a major emporium, it was also the scene of fierce rivalry between the Italian maritime powers. The fall of the crusader states in 1291 put an end to western mobility in the Levant and required a restructuring of trade in the region. The next five studies show how economic incentives promoted western settlement in the Byzantine provinces conquered by western forces during the Fourth Crusade and soon after. Venice fulfilled a major function in Latin Constantinople from 1204 to 1261. The city's progressive economic recovery in that period paved the way for its role as transit station furthering western trade and colonization in the Black Sea region. Venice had also a major impact on demographic and economic developments in Euboea, located along the maritime route connecting Italy to Constantinople. On the other hand, military factors drove an army of western mercenaries to establish in central Greece a Catalan state, which survived from 1311 to the 1380s.

Download or read book The Evolution Towards Decentralized C2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine (1) the degree to which the U.S. military is planning to move towards a more decentralized C2 paradigm; (2) the adoption of such a paradigm by adversaries; (3) the degree to which the United States is actually making the transition; and (4) the factors enabling and impeding the shift. We find that many adversaries of the West, including terrorist organizations and?hybrid enemies,? are already operating in an agile, decentralized manner. Meanwhile, top-level strategic plans of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are consistent with a transition to net-enabled decentralized command and control (C2) for the U.S. military where appropriate, and the shift is supported by stated mission command doctrine. The transition is already occurring to some degree. In Afghanistan, for example, small Marine units operate with significant autonomy and edge-like behavior. The DoD has also made progress in the use of web-enabled collaborative systems. These systems have broadened information distribution and stimulated new interaction patterns, although they have not changed the allocation of decision rights. Technologies enabling the shift to net-enabled decentralized C2 must be coupled with appropriate policies and procedures and occasionally must overcome midlevel institutional cultural resistance.

Download or read book User s Guide for JOPES Joint Operation Planning and Execution System written by United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nuclear Command Control and Communications written by James J. Wirtz and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he first overview of US NC3 since the 1980s, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications explores the current NC3 system and its vital role in ensuring effective deterrence, contemporary challenges posed by cyber threats, new weapons technologies, and the need to modernize the United States’ Cold War–era system of systems.

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Download or read book Command in Air War written by Michael W. Kometer and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines whether "centralized control and decentralized execution" is a valid doctrinal tenet, given the technological advances in the information age. Fascinating scenarios from recent operations, set in the context of a "complex air operations system," show the dilemmas presented by participants' increased access to information-and the resulting consequences of their decisions. With the uncertainty of war and the blending of diverse organizations, the author illustrates that commanders must balance empowerment with accountability by developing depth in command relationships among their subordinates. Orginally published in 2007.

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