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Integrated Operational and Combat Support Planning Will Support Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
Jan 19, 2006
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
Expanded Operational Architecture for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control
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Anticipating varied and fast-breaking regional crises in the future, the United States is reassessing how it prepares, maintains, and employs its military forces. Key to this effort is examining the combat support (CS) system, and particularly the command and control of CS forces (CSC2). This research looks at the current operational architecture for incorporating CSC2 and proposes an expanded version of an architecture for the future. Using interviews with personnel, lessons learned from recent operations, and analysis of current CSC2, this report’s authors make recommendations to help the Air Force’s CS community move to this new architecture. This book builds on previous RAND research and is part of a larger series dedicated to bettering the support of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force.
The accompanying CD-ROM contains electronic versions of detailed process diagrams and holds the complete library of notional information products the authors propose.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Background and Analytic Approach
Chapter Three
Expanded Combat Support Execution Planning and Control Architecture for the Future
Chapter Four
Current Progress Toward Implementing the TO-BE Architecture and Recommendations for Meeting the Expanded Architecture
Chapter Five
Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A
Lessons and Observations from Recent Contingencies
Appendix B
Illustrative Examples of CSC2 Operational Architecture
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The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force and conducted by RAND Project AIR FORCE.
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