Space warriors: the Army Space Support Team

... [This book] was written to support soldiers -- both present and future -- as they seek new and better ways to use space as a force multiplier. The original publication of this history in 1998 cane just two years before a dramatic restructuring of the nation's space organizations and equally dramatic changes in the national security environment. These changes have impacted and continue to impact the organization and scope of Army space support capabilities. In such an environment of rapid and continuous change, it is both interesting and useful to examine the past to gain an understanding of the historical foundations from some of these new ideas and organizations. It is hoped that this history of the Army Space Support Team will provide the reader with such an understanding"--Preface.

  • OCLC #: 57027929
  • ISBN #:
    • 0160723094
    • 9780160723094
  • Call #: UG1520W35 2003
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — U394 .L58 W355 2003
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : [Center of Military History] : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2003]
  • Edition:
    • Rev.
  • Series Statement:
    • CMH Pub ;
  • Physical Description: xii, 186 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 28 cm
  • General Notes:
    • "July 2003."
    • Shipping list no.: 2005-0032-P.
  • Contents:
    • 1. Space comes to the warfighter
    • Introduction
    • Trailblazing efforts at the Army Space Institute
    • Background: the activation of the U.S. Army Space Command
    • Lessons learned: the Army Space Institute experience
    • From testing and demonstration to tactical capabilities: the fielding of GPS and the Gulf War
    • Field experience and the operationalization of space
    • Satellite weather support
    • Summary
    • 2. Establishment decisions shaping ARSST activation and the initial CONOPS
    • The Louisiana maneuvers
    • The commercial space package
    • COPS: the contingency operations (space) team
    • The transition to ARSST (October to December 1994)
    • Summary
    • 3. Evolution of ARSST operations
    • ARSST operations and evolution, 1995
    • ARSST operations and evolution, 1996
    • ARSST operations and evolution, 1997
    • ARSST operations and evolution, 1998
    • Summary
    • 4. Key trends and issues
    • Evolution of the Army space support structure
    • ARSST resource constraints and tradeoffs
    • The view from the field: how supported units rate ARSST support
    • Space support and lessons learned analysis
    • The ARSST and space education
    • Current space education
    • The ARSST and space demonstration
    • Summary
    • 5. Future ARSST evolution
    • The ARSST long range vision, 1996-1998
    • The ARSST long range vision: common themes (1996-1998)
    • Visions for long term space support evolution
    • The long term view from the ARSST: areas of consensus
    • The long term view from the ARSST: unresolved issues
    • Future organizational constructs
    • Summary
    • 6. Conclusions.
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