Who Should Command and Control Stability Operations and What Role Does Operational Planning Play

Abstract

The United States Government (USG) to include civilian and military entities has been involved in both major combat operations (MCO) and irregular warfare (IW) operations since September 11, 2001. SSTR - Security, Stabilization, Transition, and Reconstruction as a part of both MCO and IW has recently seen renewed emphasis by the U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Defense essentially as the main tool in the counterinsurgency tool kit. The U.S. military has recently been thrust into the position of lead agency in many aspects of SSTR and is uncomfortable in many parts of these demands. This runs counter to what many host nations desire, which is civilian lead of SSTR operations. Planning, funding and execution of SSTR in addition to command and control or unity of command are key aspects examined in this research paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1020141

Entities

People

  • Charles Sammons

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Commanders
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Stability Operations
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control