Title: Field Observations of an Expeditionary Strike Group: A Prerequisite to Model-driven Experimentation of Adaptive C2 Processes Suggested Track: C2 Concepts and Organizations, C2 Analysis, Lessons Learned Authors:

The Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) is a versatile military organization, designed to effectively handle missions as diverse as expeditionary warfare, air warfare, tactical ballistic missile defense, and maritime interdiction operations. Different ESG organizations have allocated command in novel ways, each affecting organizational dynamics differently. The Adaptive Architectures for Command and Control (A2C2) program has been using model based-experimentation to investigate the congruence of organizational structure with mission requirements. The ESG provides an opportunity to apply the principles developed in previous A2C2 research to this rapidly evolving operational organization. ESG, Amphibious Squadron, and Marine Expeditionary Unit staffs were interviewed, and observations were made in the command center and during daily battle rhythm meetings. This led to insight regardin