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Title Networked forces in stability operations : 101st Airborne Division, 3/2 and 1/25 Stryker brigades in northern Iraq / Daniel Gonzales [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 178 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Contents Introduction -- Iraqi operational setting and unit characteristics -- Force networking, quality of information, and quality of shared situation awareness -- Tactical stability missions, NCO-enabled processes, and tactical mission effectiveness -- Mission effectiveness in stability operations -- Summary: findings and recommendations -- Appendixes: A. Director, office of force transformation, study authorization memorandum -- B. SBCT tactics, techniques, and procedures used in OIF -- C. Detailed results of the quality of information and collaboration surveys -- D. Iraqi national elections
Summary "The Stryker brigade, one of the Army's newest units, has a full complement of Army digital networked communications and battle command systems. An important issue for the Department of Defense and the Army is whether these networking capabilities translate into an information advantage and, if so, whether that advantage results in greater mission effectiveness in stability operations. To answer those two questions, the authors compare three units that operated in the same area in Iraq's northern provinces between 2003 and 2005: the 101st Airborne Division (ABD) (which had only limited digital communications capabilities), the 3/2 Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT), and the 1/25 SBCT. Overall, the 1/25 SBCT and 101st ABD performed best in the stability phase in northern Iraq. They were particularly effective in social networking with the local populace and civilian leaders. The 3/2 SBCT did not perform as well as the 1/25 SBCT, even though it was equipped with some of the same digital networking capabilities. Some of the tactics it employed, such as indiscriminate sweeps, widened the gulf between coalition forces and the local populace. Although networking technologies confer obvious benefits, the authors conclude that command leadership, training, and the processes employed in stability operations are just as important for improving mission effectiveness in stability operations."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178)
Notes English
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Subject United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st -- History -- 21st century
SUBJECT United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st fast
Subject Command and control systems -- United States -- Evaluation -- Case studies
Communications, Military -- Evaluation -- Case studies
Stryker brigade combat teams -- Evaluation -- Case studies
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns.
HISTORY -- Military.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
Command and control systems -- Evaluation
Military campaigns
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Stability operations -- Evaluation
Subject Iraq
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Gonzales, Daniel, 1956-
ISBN 9780833044273
0833044273
1281430234
9781281430236
9786611430238
6611430237