Gregory M. Maguire
Description
Organizational structure has profound effects on a joint force commander's ability to perform military actions. Organizations and their environment ex
...
hibit an interdependent relationship, requiring a commander to evolve his organization to rapidly achieve mission accomplishment. The CNO strategic Studies Group XIX report of September 2000 has identified the FORCEnet as being the basis for the U.S. Navy's future network-centric organization, and outlines a military environment that includes multitudes of manned and unmanned vehicles, platforms, sensors, weapons and warfighters. These naval elements will operate jointly, leveraging organizational structure to rapidly sense, assess, and respond to the defense of the nation's security interests as directed by the President. The focus of this research is to examine this envisioned future military environment, the military actions required to achieve success in that environment and the organizational structure(s) that will best fit those action requirements.
Read more