Enabling Combatant Commander's Ability to Conduct Operations in the Cyber Domain.

摘要

Combatant commanders are the focal point of joint operations to apply military power in pursuit of national security objectives. They execute 'operations characterized by a complex, interconnected, and global operational environment.' No arena highlights this challenge more than the Cyber Domain. The Department of Defense has exerted tremendous resources to meet the challenges in this dynamic domain. Despite these efforts, combatant commanders lack the ability, agility, and common understanding to execute their assigned missions and responsibilities in the cyberspace domain. This paper will exam the combatant commander's role in operations framed by joint doctrine with an emphasis on the Joint Operational Access Concept. This concept emphasizes the criticality of the Cyber Domain, the necessity to develop cross-domain synergy, and the combatant commander's responsibilities in the Cyber Domain. Framing a combatant commander's ability, agility, and common understanding in executing major contingency operations and comparing these against the emerging doctrine of the Cyber Domain will highlight shortfalls and provide recommendations that can improve both doctrine and operations.