briefing_349_GOMATech Brief final

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1 Transforming Defense The Management of Defense The Force The Role of Defense in National Security As National Strategy As Corporate Strategy As Risk Management Strategy Vision: Broad and Sustained Competitive Advantage Arthur K. Cebrowski Director, Force Transformation 16 March 2004

Transforming Defense …Working definition : 

2 Elements of Transformation Continuing process Creating/anticipating the future Co-evolution of concepts, processes, organizations, and technology New competitive areas/competencies;revalued attributes Fundamental shifts in underlying principles New sources of power Broadened capabilities base Vision: Broad and sustained competitive advantage Transforming Defense …Working definition New Strategic Context Broadened Threat Context Technological Threats Facilitated by Falling Barriers to Competition

Transforming Defense …Compelling need : 

3 Transforming Defense …Compelling need New strategic context New Theory of War based on information age principles and phenomena New relationship between operations abroad and homeland security New concept/sense of security in the American citizen Broadened threat context State/Non-State Nodal/Non-nodal Symmetric/Asymmetric Traditional/Unrestricted New technological threats facilitated by the falling barriers to competitive entry Immediate accessibility to highly capable low cost IT Opens key operational domains to competition: space, sea, cyberspace To the extent we do not transform, we are at risk

Transforming the Role of Defense …in National Security : 

4 National Security is more than defense More than responsive and punitive preventative More than stopping something keeping the world system up and running More than the “big one” the whole spectrum of military competition Homeland security defense in depth Increasing globalization and national security transaction rates compel increased internationalization and civilianization of defense Transforming the Role of Defense …in National Security

Trends in Security Competition : 

5 Trends in Security Competition

Global Trends…Threats …Strategic Response : 

6 Industrial Age Information Age Globalization III Globalization II Global Trends…Threats …Strategic Response Strategic Capabilities: More preventative - less punitive Achieve unambiguous warning earlier More Special Operations like characteristics An intel / surveillance-based force Interoperability/interdependence Coping with Systems Perturbations * Super-Empowered Individual

Global Trends and Implications of Exporting Security … Risk Management Personnel Case : 

7 Global Trends and Implications of Exporting Security … Risk Management Personnel Case Policy choices: Engagement policy Culture & organizations Substitution of capital for labor Increased civilian component Increased international component

Informing Transformation…Transactions vs. Resources : 

8 Informing Transformation…Transactions vs. Resources T R A N S A C T I O N S R E S O U R C E S t1 t2 Anticipating Perfectly Predictable Surprises t3

Broad Findings … Transforming the Force : 

9 Broad Findings … Transforming the Force

Broad Findings…Transforming the Way of War : 

10 Broad Findings…Transforming the Way of War What’s Valued … Networking Sensing Envelope management Speed & maneuverability Numbers Risk tolerance Staying power New this year … Increasing the “speed of command” of a networked, distributed force contributes to more rapid force projection and engagement High transaction rates Increased information rate and volume Increased complexity and scale of operations Tolerance for ambiguity and unpredictable demand

Global Security Balance … Security = All Else + Defense : 

11 Global Security Balance … Security = All Else + Defense The Close Fight:Decisive Operations LandLittoralsLow Altitude Winning / Maintaining the Peace Social IntelligenceAll Sources of Power Winning the Battle / Combat Military IntelligenceCombat Power The Commons:The Strategic Imperative High Seas & Air AboveSpaceCyberspace

Identify Issues of Regret … Candidates for Action Now : 

12 Warfare elements Fire – non-lethals; directed energy; redirected energy Maneuver – lift for operational maneuver; vertical battlefield; seabasing Protection – urban operations; biomedical countermeasures C2&C – joint interdependency ISR – demand-centered intelligence; tactically responsive space Logistics – joint demand-centered logistics Risk management (creating on-ramps) Joint concept development & experimentation – short cycle time / rapid iteration Joint training – advanced distributed training Joint S&T – strengthen joint / combined warfighting; transform joint force; optimize intel; combat WMD proliferation; fulfill homeland defense duties People (global trends and implications of exporting security) – policy choices Identify Issues of Regret … Candidates for Action Now

Transforming Defense … Corporate Strategy : 

13 Transforming Defense … Corporate Strategy Part I: Continuous small steps Part II: Many exploratory jumps Part III: A few big bets … We intend to make Joint network-centric warfare Directed energy Seabasing => Joint OMFTS Demand-centered intelligence We are well-positioned to make Joint seamless machine-to-machine integration Joint re-directed energy Demand-centered logistics Tactically responsive space “If you are not making big bets you are a fixed strategic target at risk.” FBB

Key Barriers to Transformation … challenges for the Department : 

14 Process barriers Transformation of the management of defense (not addressed) Physical barriers Speed of mass (lift and mobility) Speed of information (connectivity & interoperability) Fiscal barriers Willingness and ability to devalue and devolve Discretionary versus non-discretionary Cultural barriers Speed of understanding vs speed of doctrine Cognitive interoperability and exploitation of shared awareness Values, attitudes and beliefs Key Barriers to Transformation … challenges for the Department

Key Barriers to Transformation … Example of a Cultural Change : 

15 Key Barriers to Transformation … Example of a Cultural Change Large indivisible units Transformation for the future (a destination) Independence Transformation for a few Smaller, modular, multi-functional units Transformation as a change today (a journey) Interdependence Transformation for everyone Cultural change is a matter of leadership

Transformation : 

16 Transformation Down at the grange they’re teachin’ a new way of plowin’ Ya’ goin’? Nope! I already don’t plow as good as I know how ...