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Information operations as a core competency
Joint Force Quarterly, Dec, 2004 by Christopher J. Lamb
* a trained and educated career force capable of IO planning and execution
* centralized planning, integration, and analysis support from STRATCOM
* enhanced capabilities for the warfighter
* improved ability to disseminate messages aimed at influencing enemy decisions
* protection of networks through a defense in depth strategy
* a robust offensive suite of capabilities with increased reliability through improved command and control, assurance testing, and refined tactics and procedures.
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Many of the IO roadmap recommendations are implemented or under way. The DOD IO Executive Committee, chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy with representation from key civilian and military stakeholders, exercised oversight of roadmap implementation for the year following publication. The committee reported its accomplishments to the Secretary in November 2004. At the same time, it noted that a number of issues require continuing oversight and direction that will be provided by the IO and Space Executive Committee chaired by the Under Secretary for Intelligence.
Implementing the roadmap will affect not only the information community but the entire profession of arms. The impact that IO can have on both human and automated decisionmaking suggests how its capabilities contribute to joint force transformation. More broadly, IO makes the military consider not only the physical assets of both sides but also their approach to decisionmaking and how it affects the time, place, and way their physical capabilities are used. In this respect, developing IO as a core military competency might encourage joint warfighters to think about conflict with a more balanced appreciation for its mental and physical aspects. In any case, progress toward implementing the roadmap deserves scrutiny by those interested in the evolving operational art of war.
Christopher J. Lamb is senior fellow in the Institute for National Security Studies at the National Defense University and has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Resources and Plans.
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