Will The Unit Operations Center Become A Burden for Marine Corps Communicators

摘要

In current operations, the Marine Corps does not just rely on fires and their effects to win battles. Information operations, public relations, and digital communications have become almost as important as pulling the trigger and sending rounds down range. Today, those who can gather, filter, and distribute timely and relevant information have a greater chance of winning the battle. Recognizing this, units throughout the Marine Corps have packed their homegrown Combat Operations Centers (COCs) with digital equipment to increase their information collection, filtration, and dissemination capabilities. This has occurred with little or no support from Marine Corps or Department of Defense (DoD) logistics programs. In an effort to fill this support gap, Marine Corps Systems Command, with guidance from Marine Corp Combat Development Command and the operating forces, procured the Unit Operations Center (UOC), a standardized COC. The UOC is full of some of the latest Marine Corps command and control (C2) applications and equipment designed to help Marine Corps units speed up their observe, orient, direct, and act (OODA) loop. However, although the UOC was procured to provide its own logistics support, current UOC support plans will place most of the equipment, training, and manpower burden on the communications community.