Common-User Land Transportation Management in the Layered, Non-Linear, Non-Contiguous Battlefield

摘要

Common-user land Transportation proved to be a critical commodity during Operation Iraqi Freedom's rotational transitions. Transportation managers at the Theater and Corps could not effectively employ or redeploy forces during the Winter and Fall 2004 transition due to lack of visibility and positive control of critical Theater ground transportation assets. Doctrine for managing these assets must be improved to increase transportation efficiency. Current multinational counterinsurgency warfare occurs in a layered, non-linear, non-contiguous battle space, making management of ground transportation assets even more critical than in conventional warfare. This study will recommend doctrinal and procedural changes needed for more effective theater transportation management in this new, but likely to be persistent, military environment.