Conventional Forces Intelligence and Army Special Operations Forces, Specifically Special Forces, Interconnectivity in Force XXI

The United States Army is focusing its future on researching, developing, and the acquisition of equipment for a concept called Force XXI. In this new concept, the Army plans to collect and share information using mostly electronic sensors via satellite communications to interconnect computers. Emerging information and digital technology will create a synergistic effect among weapons, organizations, and components that will significantly enhance the Army's capabilities. Force XXI will focus on using seamless connectivity to dominate the enemy speed, space, and time. As one of the few human sensors, Army special operations forces (ARSOF) interconnect with Army conventional forces (SF) teams be seamlessly connected to the intelligence systems of Army conventional forces in Force XXI? By researching the futurists' view of the twenty-first century, the inception of Force XXI, the concept of Force XXI, the Army's Concepts Based Requirements System, the Intelligence XXI concept, and US Army Special Operations Command plans for intelligence interconnectivity in the twenty-first century, the author analyzed and synthesized a substantial amount of information in order to produce a summary of concept and linkage. From the research the author concluded that the intelligence systems of ARSOF, specifically SF, and US Army CF will not be interconnected in Force XXI.