A Framework for Enhancing Airlift and Execution Capabilities within the Joint Expeditionary Movement System

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Pub. Date: 2005-11-15
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

How can the Air Force improve the planning and execution activities associated with developing intratheater airlift operations witin the military joint end to end miltomodal movement system?

Table of Contents

Prefacep. iii
Figuresp. xiii
Tablesp. xv
Summaryp. xvii
Acknowledgmentsp. xxvii
Abbreviationsp. xxxi
Introductionp. 1
Motivation for the Analysisp. 1
Focus and Scope of the Analysisp. 4
Analytic Approachp. 6
Related Activitiesp. 9
Organization of This Reportp. 10
Strategies-to-Tasks and Closed-Loop Planning Applied to Theater Airliftp. 11
The Theater Airlift Planning and Execution STT Frameworkp. 12
National Security Objectivesp. 12
National Military Objectivesp. 13
Regional Operational Objectivesp. 14
Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Operational Tasksp. 15
Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Force Elementsp. 17
Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Closed-Loop Planning and Execution Processesp. 17
Deploymentp. 17
Sustainmentp. 18
Resource Allocation Within the STT Frameworkp. 19
Nested Responsibilitiesp. 23
Shortfalls in the AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Systemp. 27
AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Process Shortfallsp. 28
AS-IS Process Shortfall Examplesp. 36
AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Organizational and Doctrine Shortfallsp. 43
AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Training Shortfallsp. 46
AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Communications, Systems, and Asset Visibility Shortfallsp. 47
Summary of AS-IS Theater Airlift Planning and Execution Shortfallsp. 55
Evaluation of TO-BE Improvement Optionsp. 59
TO-BE Process Improvementsp. 59
TO-BE Process Improvement Challengesp. 63
TO-BE Organizational Improvement Optionsp. 64
Planning Responsibilities Assigned to Existing Organizations Following the Expanded STT Frameworkp. 65
Planning Responsibilities Assigned to a New End-to-End Line Organization Following the Expanded STT Frameworkp. 66
Another Organizational Optionp. 70
Applying Reachback to the STT-Suggested Improvementsp. 71
Assessment of TO-BE Organizational Improvement Optionsp. 72
TO-BE Organizational Improvement Challengesp. 74
TO-BE Doctrine and Training Improvement Optionsp. 75
TO-BE Communications, Systems, and Asset Visibility Improvement Optionsp. 77
TO-BE Improvement Summaryp. 80
Summary and Conclusionsp. 83
Appendix
Theater Distribution System Analyses Contributing Organizationsp. 85
The Strategies-to-Tasks Framework and a Closed-Loop Planning and Execution Processp. 87
Closed-Loop Planning and Execution Examplep. 93
Illustrative Example of Reachback in the Air Mobility Divisionp. 99
Reachback Decision Treep. 107
Evolved CENTCOM Intratheater Airlift Planning Processp. 109
Bibliographyp. 113
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