Comments on: Office of Force Transformation: Mission Accomplished http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:00:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-95789 James Joyner Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:59:21 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/08/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/#comment-95789 I suspect Marshall will die in that chair. Probably 20 years or more from now. I suspect Marshall will die in that chair. Probably 20 years or more from now.

]]> By: Richard Gardner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-95781 Richard Gardner Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:18:11 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/08/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/#comment-95781 That reminds me that I haven't heard anything about Andrew Marshall and the Office of Net Assessment lately. He would be about 85 now. Spring 2006 Parameters says he is still in charge. That reminds me that I haven't heard anything about Andrew Marshall and the Office of Net Assessment lately. He would be about 85 now. Spring 2006 Parameters says he is still in charge.

]]> By: Triumph http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-95775 Triumph Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:49:42 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/08/office_of_force_transformation_mission_accomplished/#comment-95775 The whole "network centric warfare" was nothing more than the military's adoption of the same idiotic business-speak whose lack of substance presaged the 2001 dot-com boom collapse. According to the July 2001 report to congress, Network Centric Warfare is based on: <blockquote>The tenets of NCW are: • A robustly networked force improves information sharing • Information sharing enhances the quality of information and shared situational awareness • Shared situational awareness enables collaboration and self-synchronization, and enhances sustainability and speed of command • These, in turn, dramatically increase mission effectiveness</blockquote> Judging from the failure of Iraq, I am not sure how any of this has "dramatically increased mission effectiveness." The incompetent Rummy & Wolfowitz were employing this ideology when they were predicting a months-long war. Because of their internalization of this idiotic theory, they failed miserably in planning and-as Bush said last week--will leave the mess for others to clean up. The whole "network centric warfare" was nothing more than the military's adoption of the same idiotic business-speak whose lack of substance presaged the 2001 dot-com boom collapse.

According to the July 2001 report to congress, Network Centric Warfare is based on:

The tenets of NCW are:
• A robustly networked force improves information sharing
• Information sharing enhances the quality of information and shared situational awareness
• Shared situational awareness enables collaboration and self-synchronization, and enhances sustainability and speed of command
• These, in turn, dramatically increase mission effectiveness

Judging from the failure of Iraq, I am not sure how any of this has "dramatically increased mission effectiveness."

The incompetent Rummy & Wolfowitz were employing this ideology when they were predicting a months-long war.

Because of their internalization of this idiotic theory, they failed miserably in planning and-as Bush said last week--will leave the mess for others to clean up.

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