The Army and Multinational Force Compatibility - Softcover

Zanini, Michele; Taw, Jennifer M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083302793X ISBN 13: 9780833027931

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2000

Synopsis

Over the next decade, political and economic considerations will often cause the United States to seek coalition partners, despite its capability to act unilaterally in many circumstances. While this is nothing new, what is new is the U.S. Army's rapid modernization, relative to its allies and potential coalition partners. As part of Force XXI, the Army plans to have a digitized division by 2000, a digitized corps by the end of fiscal 2004, and the entire force digitized by 2020-2025. As the Army progresses toward these goals, it must ensure adequate compatibility between its digitized units and the rest of the Army. The objective of this study was to determine how the Army's technological developments for Force XXI will affect multinational force compatibility, and how significantly.

About this title

From the Publisher

This publication presents the results of work done for the Office ofthe Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs(DUSA-IA) in FY98 anticipating the potential effects of Force XXI onmultinational force compatibility in future coalition operations. Thiswork was done in conjunction with a study examining the implicationsof land force dominance for U.S. Army engagement, sponsoredby the Office of the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence(DCSINT).Both studies were undertaken within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy,Doctrine, and Resources Program. The Arroyo Center is a federallyfunded research and development center sponsored by the UnitedStates Army. This work should be of interest to Army planners, aswell as to students of multinational military operations and to thebroader defense community.

About the Author

Michele Zanini (master's in public policy, Harvard University) is a researcher at RAND who has worked on a number of RAND research projects focusing on NATO strategy in the Balkans and Mediterranean, terrorism, and European defense planning.

Edition details

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 083302793X
• ISBN 13: 9780833027931
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 94