Accession Number:

ADA564166

Title:

From Fog to Friction: The Impact of Network-Enabled Command and Control on Operational Leadership

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Feb-May 2012

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Snodgrass, Guy M.

Report Date:

2012-05-04

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

Leaders have historically grappled with the fog of war, continually seeking ways to gain access to battlefield information deemed relevant for timely decision-making. This problem was exacerbated when leaders were forced to remove themselves from the battlefield, requiring advancements in technology to overcome operational factors of both time and space. Advances in information technology since World War I have largely conquered the problem of providing operational and strategic leaders access to the battlefield, though doing so has created additional vulnerabilities in command structure and command and control through increasing centralization and a reliance on communications systems.

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• *GENERAL OFFICERS
• *LEADERSHIP
• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• AFGHANISTAN
• CONTROL
• FIRST WORLD WAR
• FOG
• IMPACT
• IRAQ
• TIMELINESS
• VULNERABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Command, Control and Communications Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE