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Captain Dale A. Rauch, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Research Fellow, CETO

Dale Rauch is a Research Fellow with the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO). He joined the CETO team in July 2004.

Mr. Rauch has over thirty years of executive level management experience including numerous operational and major staff positions. After retiring from the U.S. Navy with 30 years of active service in March 2000, he accepted a position with Northrop Grumman. During his tenure with Northrop Grumman he provided on-site support to the Office of Naval Research (ONR). While at ONR he continued to remain current on Navy and Marine Corps issues. First by managing the development of operational concepts and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the Extending the Littoral Battlespace Advanced Concept Technical Demonstration’s Wireless Area Network; and subsequently by serving as the Integration and Operations Manager of the Littoral Combat Future Naval Capability program.

Since joining CETO he has been actively involved in a variety of research efforts of interest to the naval services. He was responsible for developing and drafting a paper on a new concept called Integrated Influence Operations. This concept integrates the elements of Information Warfare and the six traditional warfighting functions to permit a military commander to use all available tools to influence the successful accomplishment of his intent/objectives at all levels of warfare. Mr. Rauch also researched and developed a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Commander’s guide/check list for the conduct MAGTF level Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations. As the CETO point of contact for Threat Assessments, he was responsible for consolidating the results of an ongoing CETO study called Flashpoints and produced a condensed, yet concise version of this report. The Flashpoints study identifies those nations most likely to experience conflicts in the future that may result in US military intervention. Mr. Rauch also serves as the CETO point of contact for Seabasing, Information Operations, and Naval Expeditionary Warfare Ship requirement issues.

Throughout his 30 years of active duty, Mr. Rauch served in positions of increasing responsibility on seven ships culminating in serving as Commanding Officer of three different Expeditionary Warfare ships. He commanded ships under combat conditions during the First Gulf War and operations in Somalia. His final assignment in the Navy was on the staff of the Naval Inspector General were he was in charge of the Navy’s Command Inspection Program. During this tour served as the project leader for a detailed study of future ship design for the Secretary of the Navy. This effort resulted in a comprehensive report that identified ways to reduce manning and operational costs while maintaining combat effectiveness and improving shipboard living conditions.

Other key shore assignments included serving as the Executive Assistant (EA) to the Director of the Expeditionary Warfare division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations and as the head of the Joint Training Branch on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As the EA to the Director of Expeditionary Warfare was responsible for the sooth day-to-day operation of the division and making key decisions affecting Naval Expeditionary Warfare programs. He was intimately involved in research, procurement, and budgetary policy decision affecting Amphibious, Mine, and Special Warfare programs.

Mr. Rauch’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Findlay and a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the U. S. Army War College.