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...decisive, more often force multiplier, IO can shape the battlefield, creating the conditions for the commander to employ his chosen defeat mechanism.
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Increasingly, fire supporters are responsible for integrating IO into theater and operational campaigns as well as tactical plans. Therefore, as fire supporters--Field Artillerymen--assume responsibility for coordinating IO, and given the distinctive characteristics of IO, we must become professionals in the field of information operations.
To begin the process of becoming an IO professional, one must understand why IO is important and where it fits into Department of Defense (DoD) and interagency operations, what functions and tools comprise IO, and how IO has contributed to recent DoD operations. While not exhaustive, this article discusses these points.
IO Importance. In June of 2000, DoD published "Joint Vision 2020," a document that narrowed the scope of future military doctrine. JV 2020 described IO as one of two essential elements for success in military actions (with the other intellectual and technical innovation).
The "National Security Strategy," published in September of 2001, began the call for the transformation of the military. Concurrently, DoD published the "2001 Quadrennial Defense Review" and named IO as one of six transformational goals.
The "Transformational Planning Guidance" of April 2003 called for a force transformation strategy that would shift us from an industrial age to an information age. In the process of implementing the transformation of DoD, the "Defense Planning Guidance" directed the development of an "Information Operations Roadmap" to bring IO to a level of maturity that would enable IO to be supported as well as supporting. (See the figure.) In the fall of 2003. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld codified...
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