Operational-Level Recommendations To Improve Coalition Operations

摘要

One of the toughest challenges an operational-level commander has to face is fighting as the leader of a coalition. Political issues and interoperability problems in the operational functions (intelligence, movement and maneuver, fires, logistics, command and control, and protection) create impediments to effective coordination and communication within the coalition. The coalition area that is impacted the most is ground warfighting. Combatant commanders faced with conducting operations under the umbrella of a coalition need to drive the joint community toward improvements in US/coalition interoperability, common doctrine and procedures, and more effective ground operations. Analyzing past problems in the operational functions and developing solutions to them will help future coalition commanders tackle the complex challenges of coalition warfighting. Providing the combatant commanders with operational-level recommendations is part of the way ahead for improving US/ coalition operations in the twenty-first century. The most important step is following through on these recommendations at both the operational and strategic levels.