PHALANX Online September 2001 Volume 34 Number 3

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Table of Contents

1. The First Word
2. Announcements
3. MORSS News
4. Honors and Awards
5. President's Corner
6. From the Archives
7. Highlights From the Printed Edition
8. Lead Article
9. The Last Word

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THE FIRST WORD

I was set to have this all wrapped up and posted on the web earlier in the month, but having been caught up in the recent horrible events, my attention and time was diverted to other matters. We are appropriately setting aside a section in the December PHALANX in honor of those associated with MORS who sacrificed their lives on that terrible day.

I would like to personally thank MORS Fellow Chris and Gary Fossett for hosting what has become an annual affair on the Sunday preceding the fall Executive Council meeting. It was also nice to meet the family of Clayton Thomas, FS who was honored at the brunch.

Finally, here is a snapshot I took at the Director's Dinner in June.

Lee Dick, PHXOE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOMINATION PERIOD OPEN FOR 2001 DOD M&S AWARDS

By Sherrel Mock
DMSO Public Affairs

The nomination period for the 2001 Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Awards will open on 1 October and will close on 7 December. Awards will be presented during the 11th annual Executive Forum on M&S in June. PLEASE NOTE: DoD and Industry will submit nominations to different locations. Detailed nomination procedures and forms for government nominees will be available on the DMSO Web site at http://www.dmso.mil/awards/  no later than Monday 24 September. Industry applicants should visit the NTSA Web site at http://www.ndia.org/forms/ntsa/nomform.htm. DoD awards will be presented in four categories for accomplishments during the 2001 calendar year. A winner – individual, team or organization – will be selected in each category. The first three categories consist of the M&S functional areas – training, analysis and acquisition. The fourth category, a cross-functional area, considers those broader endeavors that impact two or more of the functional areas. All units, organizational elements and individuals – both civilian employees and active duty service members – of the DoD Components that are involved with the development and/or use of M&S are eligible.

The awards program, now in its fourth year, was initiated by DMSO in 1998:
· to enhance M&S awareness throughout the DoD, and
· to recognize excellence, innovation and achievement in advancing the "state of the art" of M&S and/or in contributing to interoperability and reuse in support of DoD M&S objectives. This includes, but is not limited to, the development of standards and architectures; techniques and tools; synthetic environments; and new military applications.

For information about past award winners visit http://www.dmso.mil/awards/. For more information about the M&S awards program contact:
Larry Alexander
M&S Awards Project Lead
(703) 824-3404
lalexander@.dmso.mil

LILIENTHAL ASSUMES DIRECTORSHIP OF DMSO

Navy Captain Michael G. Lilienthal assumed the directorship of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office from Army Colonel Wm. Forrest Crain. Lilienthal has served as the deputy director since 29 June 2001. Crain, who has served as the Director since 1 March 2000, retired 7 September.

This is the second time for Lilienthal at DMSO. He was assigned temporary duty by the Navy for the then new office from April 1992 through August 1994, working directly for Army Colonels Ed Fitzsimmons and James E. Shiflett, the original plank owners of the office.

Before rejoining DMSO Lilienthal served since April 2000 in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Total Force Programming, Manpower and Information Resource, Acquisition Branch as the deputy responsible for Human Systems Integration analysis of all aviation acquisition programs.

Lilienthal is a triple "Domer" of the University of Notre Dame. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Physics there in 1973; followed by a Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology in 1975; and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology in 1978. He was commissioned in 1978.

Crain joined DMSO as deputy director on 24 May 1999. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was commissioned in the Infantry in 1975. His retirement culminates a 26-year career that has included assignments with the 101st Airborne Division, the 3rd Armored Division, the Infantry School at Fort Benning, GA, the 1st Cavalry Division during the Gulf War, Forces Command, and the Center for Army Analysis. Before joining the DMSO he deployed again with the 1st Cavalry Divsion as Chief of Strategic Plans for the Multi National Division (North) in Tuzla, Bosnia.

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MORSS NEWS

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HONORS AND AWARDS

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President's Corner

From the Archives

So when did the word "terrorism" first appear in PHALANX? If you had purchased the 35th Anniversary PHALANX CD, within a few seconds you could pull up all the issues of PHALANX in which terrorism is mentioned. The first time occurred in the following report from the 29th ORSA National Meeting in Volume 1 Number 3 in May 1966, which introduces the control of terrorism as a phase of war and also brings back the memory of our last extended conflict from 1959-1975:

Measuring the Effectiveness of our Military and Political Effort in Viet Nam Military Operations Research-- Where Should it be Done?

 

Panel participants were Seymour J. Deitchman, IDA; Major General William R. Peers, Joint Chiefs of Staff; George Carver, CIA; Paul Hower and Stephen T. Hosmer, the RAND Corporation. Mr. Carver was representing Leonard Unger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, who was unable to attend.

The panelists were in close accord on all points, therefore, the following comments will represent the general thought presented by the panel. Recognizing that the situation in Viet Nam is a political war, measures of effectiveness different from those of a conventional war are found to be necessary. Significantly, the Viet Cong do not have to win battles to be successful. Their present course is simply to avoid losing, and thereby to maintain their political influence at the village level. Trends as to the progress of the entire war must be kept in perspective, always realizing that the problem is a political one supported by military operations.

The war has four well-defined phases. First, cordonment of the battlefield is necessary to prevent infiltration. Second, the area must be cleared of hostile elements. Third, the area must be secured and terrorist activities eliminated. These first three phases are military activities and effectiveness can be measured fairly well. The fourth phase is the pacification of the population, sometimes called revolutionary development or Social Engineering. Generally accepted indicators of effectiveness in this latter area are: (a) the amount of intelligence data being received from a variety of sources, (b) the degree to which the villagers respond to the government of Viet Nam, and (c) the extent to which they assist in their own defense.

Success is often best measured by attitudinal changes in the people. It was generally established that a single measure of effectiveness was not possible. In essence five measures of effectiveness are necessary for a full view of the war - political, economic, psychological, social, and military. The war itself is such a complex problem that only when all trends, all measures of effectiveness, point toward the same conclusions can any assumptions on the whole war be made.

Charles P. Sitkin

HIGHLIGHTS

From The Printed Edition

   An information crises? Alan Washburn explores this premise in Bits, Bangs, or Bucks? The Coming Information Crisis

   George Kuhn provides the Numbers from Combat Department contribution.

   And for Standard Deviations Department, Michael Payne concludes the devil is in the details in Details, Details

   LtCol Al Sweeter, Major Keith Olsen, Major Mark Grabski, Major Kent Miller, Major Alan Seise and Scott Sanborn all contribute on An Analysis of Personnel Distribution Options for the Chief of Staff, Army

   In Albert, Serendipity and a Maori Demigod -- A Cameo of Progress in Operational Synthesis Dr Michael Lauren, DOTSE, New Zealand, continues the Al Brandstein thread of Operation Synthesis

   LTC Dean Stinson III and MAJ Curt Doescher collaborate on The Impact of Peacekeeping Operations on Retention in the Army Nation Guard: An Evolving Case Study.

 

ONLINE FEATURE ARTICLE

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THE LAST WORD

The Last Word
Good News and Bad News - Or, Be Careful What You Ask For . . .
by Paul West
PHALANX Editor

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