“Achieving Efficiencies and Interoperability through Long-Term Human Capital Investment: The Role of Information and Communications Technology” A presentation for the International High-Level Sofia Conference on Smart Defence—Pooling and Sharing: Eastern European View on Multinational and Innovative Approaches for Capabilities Development 2-3 April 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria Arnold C. Dupuy, Research Associate 1
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“Achieving Efficiencies and Interoperability through Long-Term Human Capital Investment:
The Role of Information and Communications Technology”
A presentation for the International High-Level Sofia Conference onSmart Defence—Pooling and Sharing: Eastern European View on Multinational and
Innovative Approaches for Capabilities Development
2-3 April 2012
Sofia, Bulgaria
Arnold C. Dupuy, Research Associate
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Introduction: Multiple Challenges
• Maintaining operational proficiency and readiness
Goal is to find broad based economies of scale while maintaining or enhancing standardization and interoperability…
…in an environment of dramatically diminishing resources
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NATO US Navy
Long-Term Investment in Human Capital• Renewed emphasis on :
• Human capital with a concentration on two focal points • Military/civilian education• Military-to-Military Contacts (MMC)
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as the enabler
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Long-Term Investment in Human Capital (Cont’d)
• Consideration of the junior officers and mid-level NCO• In the mid to late 20s age group• Can operate with considerable autonomy
• Decisions are increasingly pushed to the tactical levels• Mold their performance and behavior over the long term • Will have decided on a military career• Generation that has grown up in the digital age
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Civilian and Military Education• The value of an educated soldier