NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

This report contains the titles, authors, publication/source information, and the abstracts of 202 technical reports and
articles published by the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory from 1946 to 1983. It is a detailed document of
the scope of the effort of the Air Force in the field of engineering anthropometry to provide the information on human body
size and bio- mechanical characteristics of Air Force personnel required for the development and evaluation of Air Force
systems, personal protective equipment, and clothing.
DTIC
Annotations; Anthropometry; Bibliographies; United States
20040073761 Naval War Coll., Newport, RI
Afghanistan: Security Integration and Organization
Monroe, Joseph F.; Feb. 9, 2004; 22 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A422691; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
This paper will examine the interaction of security with economic and political development by analyzing the goal of
security and the complexity of creating a comprehensive security strategy that is flexible and lends itself to an integrated
reconstruction plan. Secondly, the paper will analyze the US marines Combined Action Program (CAP) from Vietnam to
garner lessons that are applicable to the security mission in Afghanistan. Finally the paper will make a few recommendations
for changes to the PRT model.
DTIC
Afghanistan; Economic Development; Security
20040073780 Naval War Coll., Newport, RI
Network Centric Warfare - A Tool or Hindrance to the Operational Commander
Villa, Jiancarlo; Feb. 9, 2004; 27 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A422740; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Network Centric Warfare has been identified as the manner in which the Joint Force will operate in the 21st Century. Six
years after VADM Arthur Cebrowski proposed the road to a netted force, we are able to examine the progress toward the
attainment of that goal. To achieve its goals of speed of command and self-synchronization of the forces, NCW integrates three
grids into a combined picture aimed at simplifying the planning and execution processes. The information of these grids is
merged into a common operating picture which is to be a coherent picture of the battlefield. Independent production and
development of networks by the various branches of the military service has caused the COP to receive its information from
systems which have been produced in a stove pipe’ and don’t truly integrate into the COP. The current challenge for the Joint
Force is to achieve the ordered objectives with a smaller force while increasing speed and effectiveness of mission
accomplishment. Network Centric Warfare must facilitate the Joint Force Commander’s achievement of the Joint Vision 2020
mandate of full spectrum dominance and enable his expediency of command which is integral in the effective conduct of
operations across the military spectrum. NCW architects are successfully proceeding to develop the tenets of speed of
command and self synchronization by providing technologically advanced sensors and systems. However, they must not lose
sight of the fact that NCW technology must enable operational art and aid in the commander’s ability to synchronize fires and
maneuver along with the available instruments of National Power to achieve the objective.
DTIC
Command and Control; Constraints; Information Systems; Military Operations; Warfare
20040073785 Naval War Coll., Newport, RI
Information Operations and the Global War on Terror: The Joint Force Commander’s Fight for Hearts and Minds in
the 21st Century
Mackin, Patrick B.; Feb. 9, 2004; 27 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A422766; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Information Operations offers the Joint Force Commander with an alternative to using traditional military force when
objectives are abstract or intangible. General Charles Holland, USA Special Operations Command, identifies the Muslim
population as the Center of Gravity in our current War on Terror. Information operations may be the tool necessary to target
this Center of Gravity. The successful Australian Defense Force (ADF) experience with Information Operations in two recent
conflicts offer the USA valuable strategies in fighting the Global War on Terror. Examining the ADF IC methods and
techniques offer today’s Joint Force Commander (JFC) with approaches worthy of consideration in a conflict that is religiously
and ideologically charged. Analysis of current U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq are explored and recommendations are
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