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Accession Number:
ADA505075
Title:
Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines
Descriptive Note:
Monograph Jul 2008-May 2009
Corporate Author:
ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
Report Date:
2009-05-21
Pagination or Media Count:
70.0
Abstract:
The Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines JSOTF-P indirect approach to irregular warfare IW offers senior U.S. policy makers and military commanders a suitable model worthy of consideration for conducting long-term military operations against terrorist networks inside a partner nations sovereign territory. However, the indirect approach does not represent a one-size-fits-all solution or approved template for conducting successful IW and defeating terrorist networks abroad. The JSOTF-Ps indirect approach to IW is tailored specifically to the unique conditions of the Philippines operational environment and the regional military objectives established by senior policy makers. The indirect approach employed by the JSOTF-P offers a model for the U.S. military to combat regionalglobal terrorism inside a partner nations sovereign territory under the following conditions the U.S. has an established Country Team the partner nation has established armed forces with an existing capacity to conduct counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations the partner nations political establishment is sensitive to a large-scale, overt presence of American military personnel operating within the country or region or the partner nation has a constitutional or otherwise legal prohibition against foreign military forces directly conducting combat operations within their sovereign territory.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
