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Armed Forces (Joint Forces) - NATO A Road Map to the NATO Virtual Enterprise This technical report (NLR-TP-2001-198) was published by NLR (the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands) in 2001 and was written by Y.A.J.R. van de Vijver and J.G. Stil. In this paper information management challenges are described, and ways to achieve coalition interoperability, by defining a road map towards a NATO virtual enterprise. Such an enterprise strongly supports the ?interoperable communications?-target of the Defence Capabilities Initiative (DCI), launched at the NATO summit in Washington, April 1999. The building blocks of virtual enterprises will be discussed. These blocks are increasingly becoming standards, therefore allowing higher and higher levels of abstraction in interoperability. Starting from a historical example, and continuing with a Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration and results from a recent research program, this paper will describe the journey on the road to the NATO Virtual Enterprise. [Taken from abstract]. This is a PDF file, so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it. Allied Command Transformation This is the web site of NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT), whose role is to assist in the transformation of NATO's armed forces. The site contains information on ACT's mission, organisation and history, contracting, events and vacancies. Analysis of the Military Effectiveness of Future C2 Concepts and Systems This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-117. This contains papers from the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS) Symposium, held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 23-25 April 2002. The aims of the workshop were to discuss on the Code of Best Practice. In 1998 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) published a Code of Best Practice for Assessing C2 (COBP), authored by SAS-002, which covered analysis of C2 at the ground forces tactical level in mid to high intensity conflicts. This 1998 COBP is being expanded by SAS-026 to address the broader spectrum of current C2 issues, including operations other than war, peacekeeping missions, cognitive factors, risk management, network centric concepts, and novel C2 arrangements. The documents contained in this publication discuss the extensions and revisions to the 1998 COBP, and provide best practices examples of current C2 analysis being conducted in member countries. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (13.7 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Budget Policy, Deficits, and Defense : A Fiscal Framework for Defense Planning This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in June 2005 and written by Dr Dennis S. Ippolito. The report presents a fiscal policy framework for future and current defence spending and looks at the United States' defence spending policies and budgets, the causes and consequences of deficits and debts, and the long term economic outlook. Canadian Forces Combat Camera This site provides access to Canadian national defence photograph and video archives which can be searched or browsed. High resolution versions of the pictures can be downloaded and saved. The video section contains short clips from films that can be viewed online using QuickTime (the full length films can be obtained by using the contact details provided); films cover Candian Forces operations in 2003 and 2004 including Afghanistan and Haiti and domestic operations and exercises. The site is available in english and french language versions. Canadian Military Journal The Canadian Military Journal or Revue Militaire Canadienne is the professional journal of the Canadian Forces and Canada's Department of National Defence and covers issues such as military sociology, technology, strategy, defence management, humanitarian intervention and history. This web site provides access to the full text of the current issue and back issues to volume one, number one, Spring 2000. The journal is a bilingual publication and is available in French and English language versions. Decision Support to Combined Joint Task Force and Component Commanders This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report of the Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS), RTO-TR-SAS-044, dated December 2004. The team aims to establish the current status of analysis in direct support of Commanders within NATO, and Nations. It has concentrated on the general principles for successful analytical support, rather than identification of specific tools and models. The guidance in this Code is intended to assist analysts and military staff in understanding the principles of providing decision support to Commanders. It is not intended to be prescriptive, nor exhaustive, and is based upon knowledge from experience gained on recent operations. This Code contains pertinent information aimed at helping prepare, deploy, integrate and support OA teams in the field. In addition to the COBP, the team has developed a short summary document (two pages in length), explaining the role of operational analysis in a form more accessible to those working under short time scales, such as senior military commanders. This summary document is an Annex in the Code. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. Individual chapters or the full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Defence Capability Plan 2004-2014 This is the full text pdf version of the Australian Government and Department of Defence review of Australia's defence capabilitiy requirements. The report looks at major capital equipment proposals for the period 2004 to 2014; project phases; defence needs of Australian industry; Australian industry involvement in acquisition and through-life support; potential prime contractors; and estimated schedules and capital expenditure. Factors to Consider in Blending Active and Reserve Manpower Within Military Units This technical report (MG-527-OSD) was produced by The RAND Corporation in 2007 and was written by Harry J. Thie, Roland J. Yardley, Peter Schirmer, Rudolph H. Ehrenberg and Penelope Speed. The Department of Defense has suggested that “blending” active component and reserve component workforces in military units must be implemented more broadly to better capitalize on the capabilities and strengths of the reserve components, thus leading to a more flexible, capable force. RAND researchers examined existing organizational designs that facilitate integration of the reserve and active workforces to ascertain whether changed personnel management practices are needed to help implement those organizational designs. They reviewed service reports and directives and other relevant literature on the subject, including the organizational change literature, and interviewed service officials and subject matter experts. They conclude that workforce integration efforts aimed at improving operational accomplishment of mission, balancing operations tempo, and increasing capital asset utilization would be more successful than efforts aimed at other goals, such as resolving personnel management differences. The authors recommend that adapting what works within a service to other functional areas in the service is a better near-term workforce integration strategy than replicating forms of integration across services; that the services should provide policy guidance for workforce integration; and that the services should consider performing more evaluation of workforce integration against the goals they have set out for it. [Taken from abstract]. This is a PDF file, so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it. Forsvarsdepartementet The site for the Norwegian Ministry of Defence (Forsvarsdepartementet) provides the latest news, speeches, articles and press releases from the department as well as information on international operations involving Norway's armed forces and defence procurement. It also provides access to Norwegian Defence, an annual document which reviews Norwegian security and defence policy, defence budgets, armed forces personnel and education, military organisation, civil protection, and the three sevices (army, navy and air force). The site provides access to further full text documents including the fiscal budget, reports, handbooks and brochures, and periodicals and newsletters. The site links to further government web sites and ministries and is available in English and Norwegian. Guide to Modelling & Simulation (M&S) for NATO Network-Enabled Capability This is a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Technical Report RTO-TR-MSG-062, dated April 2009. A fundamental objective of NATO and one of the highest priorities of the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is to take full advantage of Network-Enabled Capabilities (NEC) to build a robust, globally interconnected network environment for data sharing. Achieving this objective for NATO and its member nations will involve three assumptions: • Armed Forces will work in new ways. • Governments need to adopt new approaches. • Industry and Academia, along with Governments, need to think innovatively about concept, design, acquisition, use, and management of systems that support Military capabilities and Defence Against Terrorism (DAT) capabilities. This Guide discusses how modelling and simulation (M&S) can be applied to NEC, including Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E), Acquisition, Training, Exercises, and Operations, to enhance military effectiveness and transformation, and prepare for the security challenges of the future. A model is typically understood as a physical, mathematical, or otherwise logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon, or process that has been designed for a specific purpose. Simulation manipulates this model to represent the expected behaviour of an individual agent or an entire system over time. The Guide structures “Best Practices” of M&S around “Key Principles” in each chapter, provides real world Case Studies, and offers evidence-based advice to achieve the following objectives: • Ensure that allied defence capability programs are truly able to support future force capabilities in CD&E, Material Acquisition, Training, and Exercises, and Operations; • Document the principles in real world practice, for both military capabilities and DAT capabilities; and • To provide evidence-based advice on how a nascent NEC can be influenced by M&S in CD&E, Acquisition, Training, Exercises, and Operations. A table of contents, and the full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Icelandic Defence Forces The Icelandic Defence Forces homepage provides information about its command, under Rear Admiral John J. Waickwicz(United States Navy), plus its units, history and future. The United States entered into a defense agreement with Iceland in 1951 and this was the beginning of the Iceland Defense Force. There are more than 25 different commands of various sizes attached to IDF, with people from all branches of the U.S. Armed Services. There are also military members from the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Icelandic civilians working on the base. The Iceland Defense Force acts as an umbrella command for all other commands within Iceland. IDF is a joint-service staff comprised of Navy, Air Force and Army personnel involved with the operations, logistics, plans, intelligence, administration, staff judge advocate, provost marshal and public affairs support for the commander. The staff also includes Dutch, Danish and Norwegian liaison officers. IDF is also the home of the Iceland Defense Force Joint Reserve Unit. It is also possible to reach information about the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). International Journal of Defense Acquisition Management Online defence acquisition management journal jointly published by Cranfield University at the Defence College of Management and Technology and the Acquisition Research Programme at the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy of the Naval Postgraduate School. Topics covered include acquisition and procurement policy; supply chain management; logistics, cost and project management; public budgeting and finance; engineering management; outsourcing; performance measurement; and through life capability management. Full text articles are available from 2008. Joint Electronic Library This site contains a wide range of electronic publications produced by the United States military Joint Staff covering doctrine, education and training. It includes publications on military doctrine, service publications, history publications, research papers and journals. There is also a dictionary of military and associated terms and an open forum newsletter. Joint Warfare Centre The NATO Joint Warfare Centre is a multinational NATO headquarters established in October 2003, whose mission is to promote NATOs joint and combined doctrine development to assist with NATO's transformation and to improve NATOs capabilities and interoperability. The site provides information on the JWC mission, organisational structure, history, news and vacancies. MilitaryWords.com Military Words is a beta site that allows one to search for United States Department of Defense terms and government and military acronyms drawn from US DoD Joint Publication 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. The site is powered by Acronym Finder, so it is possible to identify non military terms as well. Modern Military Force Structures Backgrounder written by Michael Moran and provided by the Council on Foreign Relations. It provides a basic overview of United States military structures and functions and looks at what modern ground, naval, and air units do and what the terminology used to describe units means. Mudville Gazette A United States military web log, or milblog for current Active Duty, Guard or Reserve members of the US military. It provides opinion, commentary and debate on issues concerning the United States armed forces and military. There are archives to February 2003, a search facility and details on how to join the community. National Defense University : Institute for National Strategic Studies The INSS is a policy research and strategic gaming organisation within the National Defense University which serves the United States Department of Defense, its components, and interagency partners. Established by the Secretary of Defense in 1984, INSS is comprised of four components: the Research Directorate; the National Strategic Gaming Center; the Publication Directorate; and the Conference Directorate. The site provides details on the Institute and its activities; strategic policy studies and the documents arising from them; regional security studies; a Congressional strategic policy forum; and interagency ITEA program. NATO Afghanistan Briefing : Helping secure Afghanistan’s future As part of wider international efforts, NATO-led forces are working to help secure Afghanistan’s future and prevent the country from being used as a base for terrorists again. Afghanistan is the front line in the fi ght against terrorism and other threats to universally recognized values. Its security is directly linked to that of NATO member countries. NATO Defense College This is the official web site of the NDC. It contains information on the philosophy, history and structure of the college, its courses and research activities. It also provides access to full text publications from its Research Paper, Seminar Report, Monograph and Essay Series and occasional papers. There is also a research aids section which provides links to military and international relations search engines, media resources and book reviews. NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAGS) Provided by the NATO Online Library, this site provides the full text of Standardisation Agreements (STANAG), Allied Acquisition Practices (AACP), Allied Administrative Publications (AAP), Allied Ordnance Publications (AOP), Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP), Allied Reliability and Maintainability Publications (ARMP) and Allied Data Procedure (ADatP). It is also possible to link to other areas of the Library which include basic texts, fact sheets, the NATO handbook and news articles. Quadrennial Defense Review Report 2006 This is the full text pdf of the United States Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review, QDR, published on 6th February 2006. This defence policy document reviews the capabilities and operations of the United States armed forces and makes recommendations for the future. The chapters cover the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, humanitarian and preventive measures and the Department's domestic role; operationalising the strategy; reorienting capabilities and forces; reshaping the defence enterprise; developing a twenty first century total force; and achieving unity of effort. Robert M Gates, Secretary of Defense Nominee : A Bibliography Provided by Georgetown University Law Library, this site contains a bibliography of documents about and authored by Robert M. Gates, who was nominated by US President, George W. Bush, as Secretary of Defense on 8th November 2006. It contains confirmation and nomination documents, and details of books, reports and articles written by Mr Gates. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Netherlands Armed Forces :Strategic Survey This provides access to a Rand Corporation technical report no.TR-690-MOD/NL written by Matt Bassford ...[et al] and dated 2010. The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (NL MOD) commissioned RAND Europe to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Netherlands armed forces, asking RAND to focus on recent deployments of the Netherlands armed forces relative to the deployments of other countries' armed forces. This study is therefore not a root and branch consideration of the Netherlands armed forces, but a comparative study of several different armed forces to illustrate contrasts and similarities with those of the Netherlands. This study was conducted within the context of the NL MOD's Future Policy Survey, which is a review of the Netherlands' future defence ambition, required capabilities and associated levels of defence expenditure. The Future Policy Survey was delivered to the Netherlands Parliament in April 2010. The overarching aim of the Dutch Future Policy Survey is to provide greater insight into how to exploit and enhance the potential contribution of the Netherlands armed forces. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is required in order to read it. The United States and the European Security and Defense Policy. Old Fears and New Approaches This technical report (RP-1232) was published by The RAND Corporation in 2006 and was written by F. Stephen Larrabee. The U.S. attitude toward the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) continues to be marked by ambivalence. The U.S. fears that the ESDP is seeking to become NATO’s competitor or that the EU may want make ESDP a counterweight to NATO. It also has concerns about the EU’s operational planning and the capabilities gap between it and its European allies, and worries that the ESDP may form a “European caucus” within NATO or seek to provide its own security guarantees to its members. Although some Europeans have called for a division of labor in which Europe concentrates on peacekeeping and the U.S. on high-intensity operations, the author believes that such a division is unwise. Rather, the United States should takes steps to strengthen transatlantic relations. It should accept that Europe needs some operational planning capacity and should harmonize its defense transformation with Europe’s. NATO and the EU need to develop mechanisms to allow rapid response in time of crisis. Finally, the U.S. must recognize that the EU is becoming an increasingly political security actor. [Taken from abstract]. This is a PDF file, so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it. Towards A new NATO strategic Concept : a view from the United States The new Strategic Concept may be consistent with the US desire for territorial defence as the top NATO priority, backed by contingency planning and exercises and with emphasis on the importance of NATO addressing new threats, such as terrorism, cyber-attacks, and nuclear proliferation; recognition that distant events can affect NATO allies’ security and justify NATO military action. There may be emphasis on a 'comprehensive approach' enlisting non-military instruments in support of NATO actions; endorsement of the revised US programme for ballistic missile defense in Europe; affirmation of the need for a nuclear element to NATO deterrence as long as nuclear weapons exist and with any changes in US nuclear deployments in Europe to be decided on an Alliance-wide basis e.g. the approach to Russia that balances reaching out with attention to the concerns of 'new allies'. Lastly a call for European military capabilities to be brought in line with NATO policy objectives with an end to huge defence spending cuts. Transformation and Strategic Surprise This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Dr Colin S. Gray. It looks at the United States armed forces' military transformation process and relates it to the concept of strategic surprise and argues that the current military transformation won't correct US weaknesses in the use of force as an instrument of policy. War, Peace and Security Guide The War, Peace and Security Guide is a detailed set of links to resources on the Internet in these subject areas. It is maintained by the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College. Each section provides links to different types of resources including reference materials and reports, Canadian defence policy documents, CFC papers, and doctrine. The site is available in French or English versions. What It Takes : Air Force Command of Joint Operations This gives access to a Rand Organization publication written by Michael Spirtas, Thomas-Durell Young, and Rebecca Zimmerman dated 2009. When appropriate, the U.S. Air Force needs to be prepared to supply joint task force (JTF) headquarters. If the U.S. Air Force takes the steps necessary to produce JTF-capable units, both the service and the nation would benefit. The authors consider the nature of JTF command, survey command-related developments in other services and in other elements of the defense community, and examine four JTF operations. They raise issues for the Air Force to consider and offer a set of recommendations aimed at enhancing the Air Force's ability to staff and run JTF headquarters. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is required to read it. |
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