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The functions air battle managers (ABM) provide to tactical and operational warfighters through the utilization of systems onboard the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) enhances the forces capability to conduct missions in support of the Joint Force Commander's objectives. However, contention on how to properly integrate battle management functions into operations occurs between ABMs, mission commanders, and leadership at the operational level. This is due to confusion surrounding doctrinal definitions of battle management/command and control (BMC2), changing missions for AWACS employment, and constantly evolving core competencies of ABMs. Subsequently, ABMs find themselves accomplishing several tasks and missions simultaneously in order to support combat operations. Joint Functional Air Component Commanders, combat plans and operations divisions in the Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC), and mission commanders have used BM to ensure successful mission accomplishment in accordance with the commanders' intent. Regardless of doctrinal misconceptions among leadership, the efforts of competent ABMs lead the success of BM at the tactical level of warfare. These challenges will continue to persist as improvement in technology provides enhanced reach-back communications to the CAOC. As conflict changes and technology improves, future battle management tasks must be identified in order to evolve and create competencies that will provide the Joint Force Commander with a credible function that can fuse the tactical and operational aspects BMC2. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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