Authors:Daniel Gonzales, Michael Johnson, Jimmie McEver,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: brigade, combat, team, stryker, study, centric, operations, case, network
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 083303846X
ISBN-13: 9780833038463

The authors of this report seek to understand how network-centric operations (NCO) capabilities are a source of combat power for the Army

Authors:Robert S. Tripp, Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Ronald G. M
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: responsiveness, control, capabilities, prediction, integrating, respond, logistics, sense
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039784
ISBN-13: 9780833039781

This monograph discusses U.S. Air Force progress toward implementing sense and respond logistics or, as defined more broadly, sense and respond combat support. It describes some of the research that has been conducted on the military combat support system, focusing on improvements in prediction capability, responsiveness of supply chains, and a governing command and control system. The report identifies the elements of sense and respond combat support and shows what is necessary to use the concept within the military

Author: Kristin F. Lynch William A. Williams
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implementations, air, force, exercises, initial, assessment, support, execution, planning, control, combat
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833039962
ISBN-13: 9780833039965

Operations in Serbia in 1999 revealed issues with combat support execution planning and control. RAND Project Air Force (PAF) analyzed the then-current operation architecture and developed a future (

Authors:Kristin F. Lynch, John G. Drew, Robert S. Tripp,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: operation, iraqi, freedom, lessons, forces, air, space, expeditionary, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833036777
ISBN-13: 9780833036773

Since 1997, RAND has studied options for configuring an Agile Combat Support (ACS) system that would enable the achievement of Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) goals. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) offered an opportunity to examine the implementation of new ACS concepts in a wartime environment. In 2000, Project AIR FORCE helped evaluate combat support lessons from Joint Task Force Noble Anvil (JTF NA), the U.S. component of Operation Allied Force, in Serbia. In 2002, Project AIR FORCE evaluated combat support lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan. Some of the con

Author: Todd C. Helmus Russell W. Glenn
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implications, urban, warfare, reactions, stress, mind, combat, steeling
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037021
ISBN-13: 9780833037022

Combat stress casualties are not necessarily higher in city operations than operations on other types of terrain. Commanders and NCOs in the U.S. military should develop the necessary skills to treat and prevent stress casualties and understand their implications for urban operations. Consequently, the authors provide an overview of combat stress reaction (CSR) in the form of a review of its known precipitants, its battlefield treatment, and the preventive steps commanders can take to limit its extent and severity. In addition, to enhance the understanding of the risks that urban operations

Authors:Patrick Mills, Ken Evers, Donna Kinlin, Robert S.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: support, combat, execution, planning, control, architecture, operational, space, air, expeditionary, forces, expanded, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833038389
ISBN-13: 9780833038388

Anticipating varied and fast-breaking regional crises in the future, the United States is reassessing how it prepares, maintains, and employs its military forces. Key to this effort is examining the combat support (CS) system, and particularly the command and control of CS forces (CSC2). This research looks at the current operational architecture for incorporating CSC2 and proposes an expanded version of an architecture for the future. Using interviews with personnel, lessons learned from recent operations, and analysis of current CSC2, this report

Authors:Russell W. Glenn, Steven Hartman, Scott Gerwehr
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: shoulders, atlas, operations, support, combat, service, urban
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833034669
ISBN-13: 9780833034663

Operations in urban areas pose specific challenges for U.S. Army combat service support (CSS)--which is responsible for arming, manning, sustaining, and otherwise supporting these operations. This report gives an overview of these tasks and ways in which the CSS community can prepare itself to meet them. The authors conducted literature reviews and interviews, and they drew on extensive prior research. Findings fall into two broad categories: (1) functional-area specific, applying exclusively to arming, manning, sustaining, moving, fixing, force protection, and selected other areas; and (2) th