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You're spot on with this!!! I'm currently at corps level, desperately trying to educate the staff on exactly what I as an IO officer can provide the commander. As Spud says, I should be functioning...

I'm going to be very candid in my response, and I am speaking from a personal perspective as an IO officer with experience from the tactical level up to Corps and Force (MNF-I) levels...

The...

Yes, the current GIE makes global communications “local” to us all, regardless of where we are. Military PA organizations can no longer draw definitive lines in the sand when it comes to what they...

As I read the comments from from members in this discussion about IO I see a common thread - we all have at one time or another understood what Information Operations were designed to do --- shape...

My belief is that we will never see such an all-encompassing automation tool...and we shouldn't. As a society we've become enslaved by the desire and need for technology. Sometimes we just have to...

I also agree wholeheartedly with you on this. I've said before that I see everything as being connected to everything else[I]. Everything we say/don't say and everything we do/don't do influences...

It's funny how pictures and diagrams encourage us to see things literally:o...but Spud your thinking is very logical because the 'blobs' on the right really are part of the toolbox AND the process. ...

Based on the diagrams presented by "selil", I offer to the group that Diagram A is closest to what the original doctrine intended. Again, Information Operations is truly more of a 'process' rather...

I see your point I must agree with you. I think my appreciation is of the European thought process. They tend be able to understand cultural aspects of the human dimension much better than many...

In regards to the international IO community:



Here is a link to the Information Operations Europe 2008 Conference (it was held in June).

http://www.iqpcevents.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=39780
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The international community of IO practitioners outside the United States - especially in Europe - have a very good grasp of IO with a high degree of common understanding of its application in both...

This is an excellent illustration of the role of IO in staff planning efforts – regardless of the level. The IO officer must be a proverbial jack-of-all-trades (and yes, master of none). IO is not...

As an IO officer, I must say that it is very refreshing to see the range of understanding about Information Operations in this discussion. I have read every post and cannot find one thing with which...