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1 online resource (viii, 27 pages). |
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JSOU report ; 06-3 |
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JSOU report ; 06-3.
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"March 2006." |
| Summary |
As U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) develops strategic concepts for synchronizing the military dimensions of the Global War on Terrorism it will need to address a full range of factors that describe the strategic environment, centers of gravity, and operational approaches for pressing the counterterrorism fight. One key factor is the construct of a global terrorist network and what that implies for the ways in which U.S. joint forces must organize and operate. In this paper, Dr. Jessica Glicken Turnley helps the planner to consider the challenge of how a bureaucratically organized force might assess a network-centric enemy and develop appropriate strategies. The implications drawn here by Dr. Turnley relate to USSOCOM strategic priorities for winning the war on terrorism and ensuring a competitive advantage in the future. These priorities include leading the planning for the DoD Global War on Terrorism as well as command-specific counterterrorism operations. The paper also implies considerations for force readiness and developing USSOCOM's next-generation capabilities. Dr. Turnley advises that we are facing the challenge of responding with force structures appropriate for geographically based adversaries and network-based adversaries. The U.S. military must develop the ability to quickly change and redefine force structure, force development, and force management. This is essential for success because the threats confronting SOF in the mid-term will be transnational and asymmetric in nature, including terrorism, institutional dysfunction and instability, drug and arms trafficking, and information warfare. In addition, SOF are concerned with operational issues concerning the military potential of regional state actors opposed to U.S. interests. Our ability to identify the kind of threat we are facing, communicate rapidly, and respond to threat elements with the appropriate force structure will define strategic success. |
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Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed February 7, 2017). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25). |
| Subject |
U.S. Special Operations Command.
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Counterinsurgency -- Government policy -- United States.
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Unified operations (Military science)
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Special forces (Military science) -- United States.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Military strategy.
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Organizational realignment.
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Counterterrorism.
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Special operations forces.
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Threats.
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Network centric warfare.
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Military forces and organizations.
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Unconventional warfare.
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Information warfare.
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Asymmetric warfare.
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Smuggling.
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Terrorism.
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Instability.
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Joint military activities.
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Attitudes(psychology)
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Operational readiness.
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Skills.
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Online resources.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic government information.
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| Added Author |
Joint Special Operations University (U.S.), issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turnley, Jessica Glicken. Implications for network-centric warfare (OCoLC)67712321 |
| Standard No. |
DTICE ADA495530 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0379-V-05 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 16.15/16-2:15/06-3 |
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