Marines Build Transformational Bridge

摘要

The U.S. Marine Corps is linking the present to the future with a communications architecture that will allow it to train for new systems even before they are in hand. Using today's technologies, the approach could provide Marines in the field and on the move with the ability to communicate over the horizon by connecting communities of networks through points of presence. The capability effectively emulates many of the network functions that will be available once warfighters are equipped with next-generation systems. All of the services have already introduced many initiatives that are propelling the transformation process. Network-centric warfare is an important element of fighting in the future, but many of the technologies that will enable it are still in the development stages. In the meantime, warfighters have created their own innovative ways to share information and acquire a common operational picture. However, by the time the bat-tlespace becomes an intricate web of communications nodes, warfighters must be trained in the new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and commanders also must know how to take full advantage of the benefits ubiquitous communications offer for command and control (C~2).