Download or read book Support for the Process of Planning Coalition Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The response to international crises typically involves extensive interaction and coordinated activities among multinational coalitions of military and civilian organizations. This interaction is often complicated, however, by cultural differences among coalition partners, creating roadblocks to the successful execution of coalition operations. Because the U.S. military often takes the lead role in coalition operations, mission success often depends upon the ability of U.S. military personnel to effectively plan and coordinate with military and nonmilitary personnel from diverse cultures. Unfortunately, there are few information systems in place to support effective coalition planning and coordination, leaving these important missions vulnerable to embarrassing misunderstandings and costly errors. To facilitate close cooperation among coalition partners, the Decision Support Systems for Coalition Operations (DSSCO) research and development project is working on providing information management and planning support tools. DSSCO is taking a user-centered design approach in which the decision support tools are based on key factors that make coalition operations successful and on a thorough understanding of the cognitive processes used by experienced crisis action planners. These tools support information presentation, knowledge management, distributed cognition, and modeling and simulation. In this paper, the features and functions of these tools will be discussed, and plans for further development will be summarized.

Download or read book Building Partner Capabilities for Coalition Operations written by Jennifer D. P. Moroney and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ongoing operations and emerging mission requirements place a heavy burden on Army resources, resulting in capability gaps that the Army is unable to fill by itself. One solution is to build the appropriate capabilities in allies and partner armies through focused security cooperation. To do this, Army planners need a more comprehensive understanding of the capability gaps and a process for matching those gaps with candidate partner armies.

Download or read book Improving Army Planning for Future Multinational Coalition Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army Vision recognizes explicitly that in future operations, Army forces will perform missions as part of a larger joint-combined- multinational force. Given the importance that Army doctrine places on coalition operations, and the capability gap between the U.S. Army and even the most sophisticated partner ground forces, it will be critical to take steps to increase multinational force compatibility (MFC) before any deployment. Preparing for such a future is one aspect of the Army's Title 10 functions, and it entails finding ways to enhance the long-term compatibility of its units with units of the most important and most likely coalition partners. The Army's international activities (IA), most of which enhance MFC, are the main vehicle for meeting this goal. This study's principal purpose is to help improve the Army's planning of its IA activities, in order to enhance the performance of ground forces in coalition operations across the spectrum of missions. This entails two key steps: (1) improve the organizational mechanisms to monitor and administer Army international activities, and (2) devise a long-term MFC plan.

Download or read book Problems and Solutions in Future Coalition Operations written by Thomas J. Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, the United States Army, Europe (USAREUR) undertakes a conference-study program on a matter of strategic significance, with several objectives. The topic relates to USAREUR's mission; anticipates future requirements; contributes toward building democratic norms within the militaries of emerging democracies; and serves to inform the USAREUR staff, higher headquarters and other U.S. Government agencies of active measures to improve current practices. In 1996, USAREUR undertook to study "Problems and Solutions in Future Coalition Operations." That topic was germane not only because of the U.S. Government's participation in several current coalitions, but also because USAREUR will continue to be in the vanguard, participating in a wide variety of multinational operations. While coalitions may be a way of life for most militaries, changes in the geostrategic environment over the past several years have created new challenges and opport- unities for U.S. participation. Protecting the Kurds in Iraq after the Gulf War, supporting humanitarian relief operations in Rwanda, deploying a preventive diplomacy force to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to guard against a spillover of the Balkan conflict, and providing forces to support the implementation of the Dayton Accords for Bosnia have tested the United States' ability to work with new partners, in support of new missions, in unfamiliar parts of the world. There are important similarities and differences between these new coalition operations, and large military operations and bygone NATO plans for operations in Europe against the Warsaw Pact. In fact, some of the former Warsaw Pact states are now partners in coalitions with the United States Other countries from Africa and Asia Minor have participated as well.

Download or read book Evolution of a Mission Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prototype Decision Support System for Coalition Operations (DSCCO) is being developed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, to support the Operations Planning Team (OPT) of the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command (CINCPAC). The goal of DSCCO is to apply and integrate organizational design concepts and decision support technologies in planning and executing multinational coalition operations. Employing a user-centered design approach, DSSCO researchers have developed a multi-component toolset. The Planning Module functions as a surrogate expert planner and guides OPT personnel through the evolution of a mission plan using the Crisis Action Planning process. DSSCO's supporting resources include a Coalition Planning Guide and access to relevant information regarding coalition partners and other organizations with whom the U.S. military must interface during a coalition operation. The Task Visualization Module presents the plan. It provides a collaborative display that enables distributed coalition forces to maintain shared situation awareness in real-time of their own activities in relation to those of other organizations. This paper describes the DSSCO toolset and the functional support it will provide to the OPT.

Download or read book Coalition Command and Control written by Martha E. Maurer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Army Planning for Future Multinational Coalition Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army Vision recognizes explicitly that in future operations, Army forces will perform missions as part of a larger joint-combined- multinational force. Given the importance that Army doctrine places on coalition operations, and the capability gap between the U.S. Army and even the most sophisticated partner ground forces, it will be critical to take steps to increase multinational force compatibility (MFC) before any deployment. Preparing for such a future is one aspect of the Army's Title 10 functions, and it entails finding ways to enhance the long-term compatibility of its units with units of the most important and most likely coalition partners. The Army's international activities (IA), most of which enhance MFC, are the main vehicle for meeting this goal. This study's principal purpose is to help improve the Army's planning of its IA activities, in order to enhance the performance of ground forces in coalition operations across the spectrum of missions. This entails two key steps: (1) improve the organizational mechanisms to monitor and administer Army international activities, and (2) devise a long-term MFC plan.

Download or read book Course of Action Analysis for Coalition Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prototype Decision Support System for Coalition Operations (DSCCO) is being developed by SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego to support the Operations Planning Team (OPT) of the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command. The goal of DSCCO is to apply and integrate organizational design concepts and decision support technologies in planning and executing multi-national coalition operations. Within DSSCO, there is a module based on CAESAR II focused on the analysis of alternative Courses of Action (COAs). The capabilities of DSSCO and the CAESAR II / COA module were demonstrated in November 2000 at USCINCPAC. Subject matter experts (SMEs) collaborated in a distributed manner in developing the structure (the relationships between causes and effects) and the data of an Influence Net model representing a key outcome in a hypothetical military operation other than war (MOOTW) in a South Pacific scenario. The influence net was implemented in the CAESAR II / COA module, and sensitivity analysis was used to determine which actions could contribute substantially in achieving the desired effects. Those selected actions formed the basis for the construction of COAs, namely, time-phased sequences of these events. The CAESAR II / COA module was used to illustrate the impact of time-coordinated actions of the coalition partners to the decision-makers.

Download or read book A Knowledge Based Tool for Planning of Military Operations The Coalition Perspective written by Larry Ground and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use of knowledge-based planning tools can help alleviate the challenges of planning a military operation in a coalition environment. We explore these challenges and potential contributions of knowledge-based tools using as an example the CADET system, a knowledge-based tool capable of producing automatically (or with human guidance) battle plans with realistic degree of detail and complexity. In ongoing experiments, it compared favorably with human planners. Interleaved planning, scheduling, routing, attrition and consumption processes comprise the computational approach of this tool. From the coalition operations perspective, such tools offer an important aid in rapid synchronization of assets and actions of heterogeneous assets belonging to multiple organizations, potentially with distinct doctrine and rules of engagement. In this paper, we discuss the functionality of the tool, provide a brief overview of the technical approach and experimental results, and outline the potential value of such tools for coalition operations.

Download or read book Coalition Command and Control written by Martha E. Maurer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Leading the Pack written by Bryan H. Leese and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the role of the intelligence staff in the development of the commander's intelligence requirements during the coalition crisis operations planning process. NATO's Operation Unified Protector (OUP) is a case study on intelligence staff's performance in a coalition environment. During OUP, NATO was unable to apply, in a timely manner, its doctrine to intelligence staff support of planning resulting in the desynchronization of intelligence with planning and poor intelligence staff alignment, up and down echelons. Many point blame for poor integration of intelligence at the commander, yet the intelligence organizations themselves must accept culpability as well. Coalition warfare is the character of conflict and the U.S. can improve intelligence support. The U.S. and NATO must use organizational change principles to improve doctrine, the selection of personnel assigned to intelligence staff positions, the training of intelligence personnel, and staff integration exercises. Reinforcement of these changes requires improved staff organization, design, and procedures. Intelligence staffs must lead operational planning teams and use Prioritized Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) as synchronization lynchpins.

Download or read book Coalition Warfare written by Robyn Read and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the Cold War, the world political environment has been, and continues to be, in constant change with evolving formats and cause-effect relationships. But "change," in and of itself, is not a new phenomenon. More accurately for today, it is the rate of change and the lack of accurate lead indicators (i.e., the unpredictability) that complicate the coalition picture in the 21st Century. The results are, in general, short agendas with narrowly focused objectives and limited commitments. This paper identifies some of the issues associated with coalition building and coordination and reports on two effective but distinct methods of meeting national requirements in this arena. Originally, the intent was to compare the US Central Command's Coalition Coordination Center (CCC) in Tampa with the Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) approach in US Pacific Command's area of operation but a direct comparison was abandoned because these are simply unlike entities. Additionally, the report avoids repeating, at least in detail, the information already in print or available from US Central Command and US Pacific Command. There is, however, much to discuss regarding how the two commands are approaching similar problems in dissimilar environments.

Download or read book Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1943 1944 written by Maurice Matloff and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941 1942 1943 1944 written by Maurice Matloff and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Training the Crisis Action Planning Process Using the DSSCO Toolset written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of ONR-funded project, Decision Support System for Coalition Operations (DSSCO), was to develop software tools to assist CINC-level crisis action planners in formulating effective plans for coalition operations involving military and civilian organizations. The DSSCO tools consist of a Planning Tool, a Task Visualization Module, and a Resource Database. The first two components incorporate detailed task protocols to guide mission planning and execution, while the Resource Database contains socio-cultural information about coalition participants that can assist planners in making appropriate task assignments. Together, these three DSSCO tools can facilitate developing crisis action plans for coalition operations. However, effective training in the use of the tools is a prerequisite for their most effective use. Because the DSSCO toolset is based on traditional Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) Crisis Action Planning (CAP) doctrine, learning to use the toolset also provides instruction in the CAP process. Thus, the training program discussed here encompasses the concepts and procedures of crisis action planning as well as the specific components of the DSSCO toolset.

Download or read book Building Partner Capabilities for Coalition Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph outlines an approach to building the capabilities and capacity of partner armies for coalition operations through the effective use of Army security cooperation. It is important to clarify two key terms in this study, specifically, the difference between capability and capacity. Simply put, "capability" is the ability to perform a function, and "capacity" is the extent of a capability present. Ongoing operations and emerging missions create competing demands for the Army's capabilities, resulting in requirement gaps that the Army is unable to fill by itself. Although there are other ways to fill capability gaps (e.g., with other Services, contractors, or increased Army end-strength), national and Department of Defense (DoD) strategic guidance emphasizes the need to leverage the capabilities of allies and partners to fill these gaps. Thus, this monograph is concerned with how the Army should focus its security cooperation activities to build the most appropriate capabilities in partner armies. As a supporting entity, it must use its limited security cooperation resources in a way that effectively builds partner army capabilities that support Joint requirements. To do this, the Army cannot work in isolation. Partnering with DoD and other U.S. government agencies provides the solution and also enables the development of partner capacity. This study is part of a larger RAND Arroyo Center effort to assist the U.S. Army in building partner capabilities through enhanced and focused security cooperation. It argues that U.S. Army planners need a comprehensive understanding of the types of capability gaps that partner armies might fill and provides a process for matching them with potential partner capabilities. The study also provides insights into planning associated with Army security cooperation activities and discusses the importance of developing metrics that would allow the Army to assess its security cooperation investment over time.