Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4208-1010199347-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.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, 04 Jan 2002 18:57:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 31398 invoked by uid 510); 5 Jan 2002 02:56:06 -0000 Received: from n15.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.65) by all.net with SMTP; 5 Jan 2002 02:56:06 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4208-1010199347-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.163] by n15.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Jan 2002 02:55:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 5 Jan 2002 02:55:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 2109 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2002 02:55:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Jan 2002 02:55:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Jan 2002 02:55:47 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g052u3P30578 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:56:03 -0800 Message-Id: <200201050256.g052u3P30578@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, 4 Jan 2002 18:56:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Information.Operations.-.New.course.explores.using.information.as.a.weapon] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Information Operations - New course explores using information as a weapon By Maj. Robert Foley, Futures Design and Integration Center, 1/4/2002 <a href="http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/display/inn_news/news3.txt">http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/display/inn_news/news3.txt> Ray Hollis, of the Land Information Warfare Agency and a National Guard officer, delivers a course of action decision brief to Lt. Col. Kirk Bayless and other Army Reservists, Guard officers and active duty soldiers during information operations training Dec. 20 at Bell Hall. The training increases the Army's capability to conduct information warfare in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lamp photo Prudence Siebert Recent events both in America and abroad have shown that the nature of warfare is changing. Information has become both a weapon and battlefield. The Army has developed a new Functional Area - Information Operations - to train soldier to fight and win on this new battlefield. The TRADOC Commander saw a need to increase the Army's IO capability and directed that IO courses be set up immediately to support the ongoing military operations. At Fort Leavenworth, 12 soldiers completed training Dec. 21. More groups are scheduled to train later in the winter and summer. During the training, soldiers completed workshops on subjects such as electronic warfare and psychological operations, conducted information operations planning and worked with classmates as a staff group. A course curriculum designed by the Combined Arms Center in conjunction with Electronic Warfare Associates of Virginia enabled soldiers to train on all aspects of information operations. The course was modified to enable soldiers to be trained in a short period of time so they can quickly return to their units. "The central point of the course is to teach a core of officers the skills necessary to synchronize the existing resources of the Army," said EWA principal analyst Frederick Hellwig. "IO is necessary because our country is facing an asymmetric threat," said Hellwig. "Our Army faces nation-states and non-state entities, such as terrorists and criminal organizations, which avoid our strengths and try to exploit what (they) perceive to be our weaknesses. What IO officers do is synchronize, coordinate and integrate the Army's IO capabilities that have existed for years. In the past, many of these activities were not as effective because they were not coordinated with critical operations." Soldiers in the IO branch include active-duty, National Guard and Reserve lieutenant colonels and majors. This new era of information has led to a new way of thinking in the Army. "If we are to win on today's battlefield, we need to replace the attrition warfare mentality with a decision maker targeting approach. If we can influence, slow down, or even stop what the other side is trying to do, we will gain a decisive advantage over our opponent," concluded Hellwig. The new IO field manual, Field Manual 3-13, is in the final stages of approval. The manual is expected to be released in the near future. The manual will be available online with other Army reference material. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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