U.S. Marines and the Department of State: Common Understanding is an Uncommon Virtue

Abstract

U.S. Marines and Department of State (DOS) have been working side-by-side for over 240 years around the world. However, despite a significant history of cooperation, the vast majority of Marines and DOS personnel are ill-educated and unprepared to work in the interagency environment. Further, few training opportunities exist in either organization that address this shortcoming, and of those that do, restrictions exist that inhibit greater attendance. Interagency familiarization training needs to be created, implemented, and given to all Marine Non-Commissioned Officers, Staff Non-Commissioned Officers, Commissioned Officers, as well as all DOS personnel early on and throughout their careers. Additionally, DOS needs to ease restrictions on personnel attending DOD professional military education or require and incentivize attendance for promotion. These actions will greatly improve interagency interoperability by giving each organization a deeper understanding of its counterpart.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 2018
Accession Number
AD1177105

Entities

People

  • Matthew W. Kearse

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Training
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design