Research Catalog

Title

Company performance at the national training center : battle planning and execution / Bryan W. Hallmark, James C. Crowley.

Author

Hallmark, Bryan W., 1963-

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1997.

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• Arroyo Center
• Crowley, James C., 1945-
• Rand Corporation.
• United States. Army

Description

xxii, 102 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Arroyo Center researchers investigated company-level command and control (C2) factors related to effective direct fire control at the Army's National Training Center (NTC). This study analyzes possible problems with company-level direct fire control, terrain and enemy analysis, and command and control planning and preparation, explores how these problems affect combat effectiveness at NTC, and discusses implications for current training methods and policies. The analysis led to four major conclusions. First, companies can perform basic planning activities adequately but not complex ones. Second, companies plan better than they execute. Third, they maneuver better than they control direct fires. Finally, overall execution, particularly direct fire control, is generally inadequate.

Subject

• Command and control systems
• United States. Army > Management
• United States. National Training Center

Note

• "Prepared for the United States Army Arroyo Center."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).

ISBN

0833025090 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97017461^

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