A Joint Approach to Security Force Assistance

Abstract

For over a century the US has conducted Security Force Assistance (SFA) in order to develop the capacity and capability of Foreign Security Forces to effectively establish defense institutions. The US Marine Corps can trace its history of SFA operations back to 1805 to Lieutenant Presley OBannon in Derne, Tripoli. During the Global War on Terror, the US launched another massive SFA effort, with thousands of advisors deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. These efforts repeated many of same challenges of past SFA missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176162

Entities

People

  • Christopher D Hunt

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • El Salvador
  • Employment
  • Failed States
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.