Accession Number:

ADA561407

Title:

One Among Many: Building Partner Capacity in a Multinational Command

Descriptive Note:

Strategy Research Paper

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Detwiler, Keith A.

Report Date:

2012-03-20

Pagination or Media Count:

36.0

Abstract:

Besides the cardinal mission of fighting and winning the Nation s wars, the United States Army has a salient tradition of training and advising foreign militaries. The new Defense Strategic Guidance emphasizes the enduring nature of the mission to build partner capacity. Although it does not envision large-scale, prolonged stability operations in the near term, the guidance cautions against the total divestment of mission capabilities and emphasizes the retention of lessons learned over the past decade. The establishment of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan provides a unique case study for understanding the challenges found in training indigenous security personnel, operating within a multinational training command, and creating and training an entire armed force from the squad to the ministerial level.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• *SECURITY
• AFGHANISTAN
• DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• SQUAD LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Defense Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE