Global Information Grid

Further, this new definition removes the references to the GIG providing capabilities from all operating locations (bases, posts, camps, stations, facilities, mobile platforms, and deployed sites).

[2] As a result, the US Strategic Command banned all forms of removable media, including thumb drives, DVDs, and floppy disks.

[citation needed] It includes:[4] The Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) doctrine represents a fundamental shift in military culture, away from compartmentalized war machines and toward interconnected units operating cohesively.

[citation needed] The tenets of Network Centric Warfare are: At the enterprise level, forging new paths with whom components of the military communicate will ease logistics burdens, improve communication and combat effectiveness of the war fighter, decrease instances of confusion-related fratricide, accelerate the trend in minimizing collateral damage, and hasten the flow of business.

[citation needed] The fog of war would be lifted by seamless communication between unit members, off site detection devices, and commanders operating behind the line.

Schematic view of the Global Information Grid. The GIG includes any DoD system, equipment, software, or service that transmits, stores, or processes DoD information, and any other associated services necessary to achieve information superiority.