Network Centric Operations: The Enterprise Battle Group Experience.

摘要

With increased information flow and rapidly paced military operations, decision makers find it difficult to maintain full situational awareness, resulting in ineffective decision-making in stressful and time- constrained environments. How does one manage increased information loads in a shorter time without negatively impacting decision-makers. Due to the competitive nature of warfare and a commander's desire to gain a military advantage over an enemy, military operations can become fast paced. in terms of Boyd's OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide Act) Loop, when a dynamic OODA Loop process is combined with real-time, high volume, networked information systems currently accessible on ships, the naval decision maker/operator can now better respond to the action and seize the initiative in battle. The Information Technology (IT) revolution has made sailors accessible to e-mail, electronic documents, Internet web-pages, chatrooms, and video teleconferencing. However, unconstrained/uncontrolled use of information resources can quickly overwhelm operators and cause information overload. The Navy's doctrine on Network Centric Operations exploits the advances in IT-21 systems in order to improve the OODA loop process, determine the enemy's vulnerabilities, and finally achieve the desired end-state. Network Centric Operations focus combative power from the network rather than individual platforms. IT and Network Centric innovations that were demonstrated during Enterprise Battle Group's (ENTBATGRU) 2002 Deployment will be discussed.