The Brigade Combat Team - Stability and Security Force Assistance Operations

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Abstract:

The Army deployed its first Brigade Combat Team - Stability BCT-S, formerly known as Advise and Assist Brigades, to Iraq in April, 2009. Since then, additional brigades have deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. These brigades are based on the Armys modular Brigade Combat Team BCT and are designed to partner with host nation conventional forces in order to increase their rate of development and enhance their effectiveness. This essay explores the functionality of the BCT-S for Security Force Assistance SFA operations by discussing the organization and mission of the BCT-S and identifying its individual and collective pre-deployment training requirements, noting shortfalls, and providing recommendations on how the Army can better prepare these formations for this increasingly relevant mission. Additionally, the ongoing debate over establishing a permanent force for SFA is summarized and discussed.

Author(s):
Morschauser, Robert D.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Descriptive Note:
Research paper
Supplementary Note:
Strategy Research Project DOI: 10.21236/ADA518257
Pagination:
0029

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_2.1.4_Evaluation; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_2.1.3_Task and Monitor Resources; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*BRIGADE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS, *MILITARY OPERATIONS, WARFARE, AFGHANISTAN, SECURITY, TEAMS(PERSONNEL), STABILITY, MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES), IRAQ
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Forces and Organizations, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Report Date:
2010 Feb 22
Creation Date:
2010 Apr 28