And give it to him when he wants it and how he want it. At the same time, specialized, regionally based conflicts took the place of vast ocean and huge land-mass battlefields.
Interoperability has many facets.
Its definition encompasses two radios talking to each other, an Ocean Venture exercise, hardware and software matching, and cross-service training. During the Storm Desert Storm typified the new era with its successful melding of many units from many services and many countries. But a lack of interoperability caused enough tactical problems to give any seasoned observer pause. Policy decisions on role assignments were to blame for other interoperability breakdowns. These circumstances hampered early detection and tracking efforts in that target-rich domain.