Intervention Forces: An American Necessity?

Abstract

The requirement for rapid deployment of America's armed forces to counter terrorism and conduct limited combat operations has significantly increased. With the expanded lift capability of both the Air Force and Navy and the Army's creation of the Light Divisions, the opportunity to tailor a sizeable intervention force not limited to sea movement is within the realm of existing resources. Current forces capable of rapid deployment are on multiple troop lists which complicates training and confuses chains of command. Parallels are drawn from previous United States deployments to Lebanon in 1958 and Grenada in 1983, showing similar problems today. A small, predominantly Army, joint force is recommended that could deploy by itself and could also be used as the lead assault force to all CINCs without forward deployed forces. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168381

Entities

People

  • John T. Lawrence Ii

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Deterrence
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Middle East
  • Military Organizations
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design