Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3163-1003550479-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:03:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 32319 invoked by uid 510); 20 Oct 2001 04:00:54 -0000 Received: from n16.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.66) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 20 Oct 2001 04:00:54 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3163-1003550479-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by n16.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Oct 2001 04:01:15 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 20 Oct 2001 04:01:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 57525 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2001 04:01:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 20 Oct 2001 04:01:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 20 Oct 2001 04:01:18 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9K41NX05678 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:01:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200110200401.f9K41NX05678@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Information.Warrior.Experiment] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines from L Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, assigned to 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, assaulted an opposing force as part of a three-week experiment with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. The concept being evaluated is the Information Warrior, a rifleman with an AN/PRC-148 radio for communication with the platoon commander, platoon sergeant and each squad leader. The goals are to determine both the value of adding an information warrior as well as the utility of adding the radio to the current equipment list for the infantry. The lab is experimenting with putting more radios at the lower echelon of the platoon to better communicate, according to Randy Gangle from the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab. "This experiment will seek to improve overall decision making, maneuver and combat effectiveness through improved situational awareness," Gangle added. "The Warfighting Lab will seek to determine if the inclusion of personnel dedicated to observing, recording and the passing and receiving of information at the squad and platoon level will enhance decision making and operational effectiveness in the infantry platoon." The experiment basically takes a rifleman, gives him the radio and adds to his main mission. He still carries a rifle, Gangle said. But he just has a little more to do. "Small unit leaders at the company level and below have three primary functions: self-protection, decision making for the employment of their unit and communicating with lower, higher and adjacent units," added Gangle, a retired Marine colonel. "With all these competing demands, it is the third element, communication, that is often most neglected. This in turn leads to a reduction in overall situational awareness throughout the unit at all levels." Cpl. Oscar Rauda, squad leader, L Co., 3rd Bn., 4th Marines, believed the information warrior would help the squad leaders move their team more accurately. "As a squad leader you're mostly in the fiight and maneuvering your team leaders, which means the more information that's given to you, the better aware of the situation you are, and what's going on at all times," he said. "I think with the equipment we have right now, all the information coming from higher up makes you a better leader. It gives you better control of the mission." Throughout the experiment, surveys and observations were gathered from the squads and data was collected to make the final decision.? The last day of the experiment, the assault on the opposing forces, brought everything together while the Warfighting Lab observed. "Personally, I liked the program that we did," said Cpl. Bobby Cosper, squad leader, L Co., 3rd Bn., 4th Marines. "I think the stuff we used out here is going to improve the infantry a lot in the future." Okinawa was chosen for this experiment because of the terrain found on the island. It has semi-open, urban and jungle terrain. 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