The Naval Construction Force has traditionally depended on outside sources to obtain and analyze engineering data in contingency situations. The Navy has embarked on an initiative to develop Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Teams to perform this function, both as a basis for projects slated for in-house construction and as a product to deliver to other organizations. Exercises and operations have thus far shown that the concept is viable, but Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Teams have encountered problems with data gathering and reporting, and transmission of data and images. Concurrently, the Department of Defense is pursuing a transformation toward network- centric warfare. Network Centric Warfare represents a powerful set of warfighting concepts and associated military capabilities that allow warfighters to take full advantage of all available information in order to bring all available assets to bear in a rapid and flexible manner. This research explores the state of the practice of military engineer reconnaissance as described by established Army doctrine and as enacted by Navy Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Teams. Commercial information technology applications are reviewed in the areas of geographic information systems, collaborative design, and wireless communications. Solutions are proposed for their potential to enable network centric engineer reconnaissance operations. / The Naval Construction Force has traditionally depended on outside sources to obtain
and analyze engineering data in contingency situations. The Navy has embarked on an initiative
to develop Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Teams to perform this fbnction, both as a basis for
projects slated for in-house construction and as a product to deliver to other organizations.
Exercises and operations have thus far shown that the concept is viable, but Seabee Engineer
Reconnaissance Teams have encountered problems with data gathering and reporting, and
transmission of data and images.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1044 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Barton, Keith W. |
| Contributors | Miller, John B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology., Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 103 p. : ill., application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted. |
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