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From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States Navy has enjoyed an asymmetric technological advantage over its adversaries.[i] Uncontested command and control dominance allowed American commanders to synchronize efforts across broad theaters and deliver catastrophic effects upon the nation’s enemies. These years of uncontested command and control dominance birthed a generation of commanders who now expect accurate, timely, and actionable information. High levels of situational awareness have become the rule, not the exception. The Navy and its strike groups now stand in danger of becoming victims of their own technological success. An overreliance on highly networked command and control structures has left carrier strike groups unprepared to operate effectively against future near-peer adversaries.

via Back to the Future — The Bridge — Medium.

LCDR Curtis has a great piece on the US Navy and Network Centric Warfare.

The impressive command and control systems our forces use give even relatively modest forces greater ability to accomplish the mission. Unfortunately, those same systems are, or will be, vulnerable to attack, either electronic or kinetic.

The Navy used to routinely practice working in an environment where its electronic systems were degraded or denied.

It takes a lot of training to learn to properly use the command and control systems we have. It takes even training to learn to operate without them.

And the Army would do well to consider the same challenges.