Joint All Domain Effects Convergence: Evolving C2 Teams
By: Ernest Nisperos Approximate Reading Time: 25 Minutes Abstract This paper aims to generate a tangible construct to complement the
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OODA Point: The Requirement for an Airman’s Approach to Operational Design (Part II)
The ability to make and execute timely and effective decisions has been the foundation of military success for millennia. In the next decade, however, Combined Force Air Component Commanders (CFACC) planning, decision, and execution (PDE) cycles will be confronted by unprecedented challenges emerging in the constantly evolving digital ecosystem. The era of unrivaled access to the electromagnetic spectrum and dominance in multiple domains is rapidly coming to a close for the US airpower. As more and more state and non-state actors gain access to advanced technology, the CFACC’s PDE cycles will transition from an observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) loop to an OODA point. This phenomenon will also have a significant influence on the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) measures necessary to shape and execute preplanned and emergent decisions in contested operational environments. One way of mitigating these nascent vulnerabilities is to develop a deliberate framework of operational design focused on airpower to provide a proactive form of vision for future CFACCs.
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Podcast 8: Multi-Domain Leadership – An Interview with Colonel Doug DeMaio
Col DeMaio discussed a variety of topics to include the origins of the Air Force of MDC2 initiative and current efforts to integrate in the joint community.
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Modernizing ISR C2 Part I: Multi-Domain Maneuver as the Foundation
This is the first article in a multi-part series focused on modernizing Command and Control (C2) of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).
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***OTH Anniversary*** Multi-Domain Command and Control: The Air Force Perspective with Brigadier General B. Chance Saltzman (Parts 1 and 2)
As part of our anniversary celebration series, below we present the second most read article of 2017.
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***OTH Anniversary*** The Combat Cloud Across the Range of Military Operations: Interagency Coordination
This Editor’s Choice article discusses the creation of a new MDC2 system, the Combat Cloud, and its impact on future operations.
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Bridge Builders to Make Multi-Domain Operations Work
To achieve dominance in the networked age, the U.S. Air Force must build organizational expertise that can foster a culture that lives and breathes multi-domain integration.
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Multi-Domain Battle: Tactical Implications
The military is at a crossroads. Overmatch in firepower and maneuver led to its past successes, but they alone cannot win tomorrow’s wars. The concept of MDB is a method for today’s tactical leaders to change the playing field of tomorrow’s wars.
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The Combat Cloud Across the Range of Military Operations: Interagency Coordination
The Combat Cloud and associated network must exhibit critical attributes such as the ability to be self-forming, self-healing, gracefully degradable, and redundant. Under this construct, the ability to collect data and integrate it in an open, adaptive information system will significantly enhance C2 and operational agility for the US military and other US governmental agencies across the range of military operations.
By Shaun Williams and Jacob Hess
The Combat Cloud Across the Range of Military Operations: Multinational Partnerships
Today’s increasingly dynamic operational environment requires a full spectrum of multinational capabilities that span across the domains, especially those that are typically very coalition heavy, such as peacekeeping missions and humanitarian assistance. This diversity requires coalition members to become part of a dynamic information-sharing system and a specific C2 network.
By El Mostafa Bouhafa and Jacob Hess
Air Mobility, Multi-Domain Operations, and the MAF’s Future: an Interview with General Everhart
“We need to be able to move at the speed of electrons and to be able to do C2 over the horizon, and know where we are with precision navigation and timing inside a multi-domain space.”
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DROP ZONE: Multi-Domain C2
Next week, OTH looks at multi-domain command and control as well as how energy can be leverage as an instrument of national power.
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Drop Zone: Multi-Domain Operations and the Joint Force
During the next two weeks, OTH will offer several articles to discuss the overall mindset and scope of multi-domain operations.
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Multi-Domain Command and Control: The Air Force Perspective with Brigadier General B. Chance Saltzman (Part 1 of 2)
OTH interviews the US Air Force’s lead on developing multi-domain Command and Control.
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