Task Force Stryker network-centric operations in Afghanistan
By: Harry Tunnell
Contributors: National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Series: Defense & technology papers -- no. 84
Publisher: Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Network-centric operations (Military science)
Description: This case study examines the real-world application of the network-centric warfare concept during combat operations in Afghanistan. Network-centric warfare broadly describes the combination of strategies, emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures, and organizations that a fully or even partially networked force can employ to create a decisive Warfighting advantage. A great deal has been made of the asymmetric advantage of terrorists, insurgents, and guerrillas. In a networked environment with properly trained leaders, soldiers, and units, such advantages are fictional. Network-centric organizations are supposed to increase their combat power by doing a better job of synchronizing events and their consequences; achieving greater speed of command; and increasing lethality, survivability, and responsiveness of the formation. These capabilities can be a reality in today's operating environment. The main problem with network-centric operations is that there remains a great deal of skepticism among counterinsurgency pundits and others about the concept and the technology necessary to operate in such a fully networked environment.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Network components; title: Echeloning command posts; title: Lessons learned; title: Conclusion.