Twenty years after the Nunn-Cohen Amendment, an operational seam has been identified in regards to the and control of SOF and conventional forces when operating in shared battle space. In today's joint operational environment, this operational seam is adversely impacting both forces in achieving their tactical and operational objectives. At the tactical level, unity of command is required between forces to prevent diverging focus on the objectives, to minimize fratricide, and to leverage all capabilities to accomplish goals. Given the divergent focus on objectives between SOF and conventional forces, the supported / supporting command relationship may not adequately achieve sufficient level of unity of effort.
Operational Seam: The Command and Control of Conventional and Special Operations Forces
2007
22 pages
Report
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English