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NATO Multinational Brigade Interoperability: Issues, Mitigating Solutions and is it Time for a NATO Multinational Brigade Doctrine?
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 102–116
Mark Schiller  

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0032
Pub. online: 1 June 2016      Type: Research Article      Open accessOpen Access

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1 June 2016

Abstract

Multinational Brigade Operations involving NATO
and its European Partners are the norm in the post-Cold War Era. Commonplace today are Multinational Brigades, composed of staffs and subordinate units representing almost every NATO Country and Partner, participating in training exercises or actual operations in both the European and Southwest Asian Theatres.
Leadership challenges are prevalent for the Multinational Brigade Commander and his staff, especially those challenges they face in achieving an effective level of brigade interoperability in order to
conduct successful operations in NATO’s present and future operating environments. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to examine the major interoperability obstacles a multinational brigade commander and his staff are likely to encounter during the planning and execution of brigade operations; and, to recommend actions and measures a multinational brigade commander and his staff can implement to facilitate interoperability in a multinational brigade operating environment. Several key interoperability topics considered integral to effective multinational brigade operations will be examined and analysed to include understanding partner unit capabilities and limitations facilitated by an integration plan, appropriate command and support relationships, compatible communications, synchronized intelligence and information collection, establishing effective liaison, and fratricide prevention.
The paper conclusion will urge for a NATO land brigade doctrine considering doctrine’s critical importance to effective brigade command and control interoperability and the expected missions a land brigade will encounter in future NATO operating
environments as part of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).

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