Softer Side of Combat Operations Research

摘要

Multi-National, Multi-NGO, Multi-Language Coalition Cooperation: (1) Multi-National Forces in Iraq consists of about 25 national military contingents: US, UK, Poland, South Korea, Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan, Latvia, Albania, Moldavia, Mongolia, etc. But -- there is also the Department of State, US Agency for International Development, International Republican Institute, Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the INS, the BATF, the IRS, the FBI, United Nations, Red Cross, the Department of Justice, RAND, Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office, etc., etc.; (2) While all of them have the best of intentions, they all serve different 'masters' with different, sometime competing agendas; (3) Sharing and Release of data is a major challenge; (4) Plus and Minus of redundant work.