This study investigates the potential for the use of World Wide Web (WWW) technology to support the warfighter. Existing tactical data networks, and command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence for the warrior (C4IFTW) systems are...
As originally conceived in World War I, combat reporting from tactical aircraft has the potential to provide critical information concerning friendly operations and enemy activity to enhance situational awareness, supporting force protection and...
At the time of his deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Stanley S. Bennett was a full-time administrative and training officer for his Missouri National Guard unit. He deployed with the 135th Rear Operations Center and was...
Lessons learned from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past ten years indicate that the Army is fighting in an environment that requires a change in how organizations gather, analyze, synthesize, and produce intelligence. "Top-down"...
A Royal Australian Corps of Signals officer, Major James Murray served at the Australian National Headquarters, Middle East Area of Operations (ASNHQ-MEAO) from November 2002 to January 2003 - co-located with US Central Command's forward deployed...
Globalization has changed many security, economic, political, and social conditions that shape world behavior; which in turn has produced a new paradigm for warfare that is fundamentally different from the industrial aged warfare paradigm that the...
Major James Anderson was the communications officer for 2nd Brigade, 25 Infantry Division during his deployment from January 2004 through February 2005 in north-central Iraq. Anderson discusses the use of mobile subscriber equipment in Iraq and the...
Force Projection Reach: Leveraging Time and Distance. Brigadier General John M. Custer, U.S. Army Putting Knowledge Reachback into Practice. Scott W. Lackey, Ph.D., 2003 Winning War a World Away. Colonel Jerry Johnson, U.S. Army, and...
The dominance of the U.S. Army’s conventional capabilities has forced our adversaries to generate asymmetric techniques in order to marginalize our advantages. One technique they may pursue is to target our extensive use of information...
This thesis examines command, control, and communications (C3) interoperability between Australian and United States armies. The basis for interoperability between the two nations is reviewed, together with the current level of C3 interoperability...
MAJ Randy James served as the 3rd Battalion, 229 Aviation S2 Intelligence Officer in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this 8 October 2008 interview, MAJ James discusses the benefits of high altitude...
This research project was designed to answer the question of whether there is a need to have a pool of Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) operators. The question stems from the researcher’s personal experience as a JOPES...
A Missouri National Guardsman, Major Michael Kitchens served with the 40-member 135th Rear Operations Center at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, for 10 months, beginning in May 2003. In his force protection unit, Kitchens monitored and analyzed intelligence...
As the communications subject matter expert for the Rapid Equipping Force in support of both Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Paul Craft - formerly of the Army Signal Center - was responsible for procuring "any new gear that was...
As the military liaison officer (LNO) to other government agencies - mainly the CIA and the FBI - Major Melissa Fozman, based at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in Kabul, supported Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2004 through January 2005....
Major John "Red" Walker, an F-16 pilot for the US Air Force (USAF), flew Harrier GR7s in the Royal Air Force's (RAF) 1 Squadron from Al Jaber Airfield, Kuwait, in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He begins the interview by discussing...
From August through December 2002, and again from March through June 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Sholto Stephens of the New Zealand Army served as the intelligence officer (S2) for his country's special...
From July through December 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major J.C. White served as a battle captain and planner for 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division – the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In this interview, he...
Working in the future plans section of the US Central Command J6 - joint staff communications - during 2003-2004, US Air Force Major Robert Borja was involved with "planning systems related to command, control, communications and computers for...
During the 2004-2005 deployment to Iraq of roughly 700 soldiers from the 98th Division (Institutional Training) for the Iraqi security forces training and advisory mission, Lieutenant Colonel Richard F. Monczynski served as officer in charge of the...