Operational energy/operational effectiveness investigation for scalable Marine expeditionary brigade forces in contingency response scenarios

In today’s austere fiscal environment the United States Marine Corps (USMC) seeks to increase overall mission effectiveness, while maintaining or improving combat effectiveness, through efficient energy use in the battle space. This capstone project examined operational energy efficiencies through the specification, modeling, and data analysis associated with force scale alternatives of a Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) unit operating in the West Africa Area of Responsibility (AOR). A Title 10 war games evolution was elaborated to support a robust operational concept. A Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach was utilized to support the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA). Agent Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) provided the foundation to explore autonomous battle space activity and its relationship to operational energy. Design of Experiments (DOE) principles were used to specify force scale levels suitable for examination of the tradespace. The research objectively sought to understand the relationship between force scale, energy use, and mission effectiveness. Results support findings regarding key energy drivers, energy dependencies across the combat elements of the battle space, economies of scale, and net-centricity. The findings inform evaluation of force application doctrine in small land battle engagements, and provide modeling artifacts for future research efforts.

Department dc:contributor.department

Systems Engineering (SE)

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Authors dc:creator

• Bennett, Clayton
• Farris, Christopher
• Foxx, Paul
• Henderson, Hughlyn
• Himes, Stacy
• Kennington, Corey
• Mussman, Matthew
• Newman, Michael
• Sarfaraz, Maysam
• Harwood, Brandon

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Paulo, Eugene
• Kwinn, Brigitte T.
• Beery, Paul
• Madachy, Raymond

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/44658

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/44658