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1 O/ THE TASK FORCE TACTICALOPERATIONS Center : AN ORGANIZATIONFOR SUCCESSA MonographI byMajor Thomas R. GoedkoopArmorDTICS 'F!..CTPt,4030 1989 School of Advanced Military StudiesUnited States Army Command and General Staff CollegeFort Leavenworth, Kansas3 First Term AY 88-89 Approved for Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited8"13 '89 5 30 046 SECURITY CQ ASSjP,CA, :O , np -- S :,CEForm ApprovedREPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMB No 0704-0188la REPORT SECoRilv C-AS ' CAT ON rZ SECURITY CLASS,,CAT O " AU'-ORIT> 3 DST B BjT1ON AVALAB;KTY OF REPORTAPPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE;2b DECLASSF 'CATION DOW\NGRAD!NG SC-EDUjLE DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED4 PERFORMING ORGAN ZAON REPORT '.

2 ,MBER(S S MO,,TORING ORGANZATiON REPORT NLMBER(S)6a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGAN!ZATiON E:. 'F7CE SYMBOL 7a NAME OF MONiTORNG ORGANIZATIONSCHOOL OF ADVrNCED MILITARY (if appicable)STUDIES, USAC&GSC ATZL-SWV6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 7b ADDRESS (Cty, State, and ZIP Code)FORT LEAVENWORTH, KA-NSAS 66027-69008a NAME OF FUNDING,' SPONSORhNG 8B OFC CE SYMBOL 9 OPOCLREMENT NT !DENTFICAT:ON NuVBERORGANIZATION (if applicable)8c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 10 SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERSPROGRAM IPROJECT TASK WORK UNITEEMENT NO NO NO. ACCESSION TITLE (Include Security Classification)THE TASK FORCE TACTICAL OPERATIONS Center : AN ORGANIZATIONFOR SUCCESS (U)12.)

3 PERSONAL AUTHOR(S)MAJOR THOMAS R. GOEDKOOP , USA13a TYPE OF REPORT 7 3b TIME COVERED 14 DATE OF REPORT (Vear, Month, Day) 5 PAGE COUNTMONOGRAPH FROM TO 88/11/27 1 5916. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATION17. COSATI CODES 18 SUBJECT -ERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number)FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP 'COMMAND AND CONTROL, TACTICAL OPERATIONS Center , )COPERATIONS, TASK FORCE TACTICAL OPERATIONS19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number)THIS MONOGRAPH ATTEMPTS TO FILL THE CURRENT DOCTRINAL VOID CONCERNING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONSTO RECURRING TACTICAL OPERATION Center (TOC) WEAKNESSES.

4 FIRST, CURRENT TASK FORCECOMMAND AND CONTROL DOCTRINE IS REVIEWED TO FORM A FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO BUILD. NEXT,COMiMAND AND CONTROL EXECUTION TASKS THAT A TOC MUST ACCOMPLISH ARE PRESENTED. CURRENTUNIT JABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND QUIPMENT ARE THEN REVIEWED TO ESTABLISH WHAT ASSETSARE NORMALLY AVAILABLE TO THE TASK FORCE WITH WHICH TO ESTABLISH A TOC. THEN, RECURRINGN4 TIONAL TRAINING Center TASK FORCE TWC FAULTS ARE ADRESSED. XINALLY, THREE TASK FORCETOC CONFIGURATIONS ARE PRESENTED AND COMPARED. THIS PAPER CONCLUDES THAT ADDITIONAL TACTICTECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES MUST BE INCLUDED IN ARMY DOCTRINAL MANUALS, AND RECOMMENDSAN EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION FOR THE TASK FORCE TOC WHICH CAN ACCOMPLISH ITSCOMMAND AND CONTROL TASKS ON THE AIRLAND DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION[0 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED [-1 SAME AS RPT C1 DTIC USERS UNCLASSIFIED22a.]]

5 NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 'Th TELEPHONE (Include Area Code) 22c OFFICE SYMBOLMAJ THOMAS R. GOEDKOOP (913) 684-2138 ATZ. qWVDD Form 1473, JUN 86 Previous editions are obsolete SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGEUNCLASSI FI EDThe Task Force Tactical Operations Center :An Organization For SuccessbyMajor Thomas R. GoedkoopSchool of Advanced Military Army Command and General Staff CollegeFort Leavenworth, Kansas27 November 1988 Approved for public release; distribution is of Advanced Military StudiesMonograph ApprovalName of Student: Major Thomas R. GoedkoopTitle of Monograph: The Task Force Tactical OperationsCenter: An Organization For SuccessApprovedMonograph DirectorLieuten olonel Jimmie F.

6 Holt, , School ofColotIre L. D. Holder, MA Advanced MilitaryStudiesS Director, GraduatePhilip J. Brookes, Degree ProgramsAccepted this 4_41_ day of eC Ztd-4"1"& 198 Accesslon ForfNTIS RAkIDTIC TAF E31 Unnoun c e ElC ' Qt rlbutloa/ _____Avaii'l C3odeosAvI A ' .d/orm m l IABSTRACTTHE TASK FORCE TACTICAL OPERATIONS Center : AN ORGANIZATIONFOR SUCCESS by Major Thomas R. Goedkoop, USA, 59 its inception, the National Training Center (NTC) hasprovided extensive Information on recurring unit of these, is the inability of the task force tacticaloperations Center (TOC) to accomplish its command and controlfunctions properly.

7 During the past five years, Field Manual71-2, The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force,has undergone constant revision based upon extensivecoordination between the Armor and Infantry Schools, theCombined Arms Center , the National Training Center , and unitsin the field. In spite of this coordination, the resultingapproved final draft of this manual, dated January fewer practical solutions to the recurring TOCoperation weaknesses than did its monograph attempts to fill this doctrinal voidconcerning the functional responsibilities, organization, andoperation of a task force tactical operations , current task force command and control doctrine isreviewed to form a foundation on which to build.

8 Next, commandand control execution tasks that a TOC must accomplish arepresented. Current unit Tables of Organization and Equipmentare then reviewed to establish what assets are normallyavailable to the task force with which to establish a , recurring NTC task force TOC faults are , three task force TOC configurations are presented paper concludes that additional tactics, techniques,and procedures must be included in Army doctrinal manuals, andrecommends an effective operational configuration for the taskforce TOC which can accomplish its tasks on the OF CONTENTSCHAPTER P AGE~1.. 1Ii. Doctrinal Task Force Command and Control Overview.

9 4 III. Doct-inal Command and Control Functions of the TOO 10IV. TOG Table of Organization and Equipment Laydown .. 20V. Task Force TOG Weaknesses at the 24V1. Organization of the 30 VII. Comparison of TOG 43 VIII. 56 CHAPTER IINTRODUCTIONThe United States Army's current capstone doctrinalmanual, Field Manual (FM) 100-5 Operations, outlines theway its forces must operate on the modern a non-linear, integrated battlefield of increasedtempo, units will operate over vast distances withweapons of increased lethality. Under such conditions,commanders will continue to operate with incompleteinformation. Clausewitz's dictum that "a great part ofthe Information obtained in war is contradictory, a stillgreater part is false, and by far the greatest part isuncertain," remains as true today as it was when firstwritten over one hundred and fifty years ago.

10 ' Success onthe AirLand battlefield depends upon the ability to achievethe rapid and considered concentration of "synchronizedpulses of combat power" at decisive points in space andtime during the course of battles and campaigns. Theability to accomplish these requirements depends upon aneffective command and control system. This maneuverdoctrine, combined with the fielding of the Abrams tank andthe Bradley fighting vehicle, has placed new demands on thetactical command and control system. Victory will go tounits which can capitalize on their relative advantage ofagility. As General Starry said, "no element of the AirLandBattle concept is more essential to the development of aneffective war-fighting capability than command andcontrol.