Funding Engineer Operations in Countries Involved in Low-Intensity Conflicts

Abstract

Using engineer units to build humanitarian assistance and civic action projects helps the US achieve its foreign policy objectives in developing countries with low-intensity conflicts. It also enhances the readiness of the engineer units by providing them high quality training which is unavailable in CONUS due to administrative restrictions. However, US law makes it extremely difficult to properly fund these operations. The paper analyzes the restrictions placed on this type of funding with emphasis on recent legislation enacted to remedy past problems in this area. It concludes that while the confusion which previously existed has been reduced, Congress has made it more difficult to obtain funds for these projects. It recommends that Titles 10 and 22, US Code be changed to permit DOD to take advantage of the benefits available through these operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA192620

Entities

People

  • Douglas D. Gransberg

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Civic Action
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Surface Transportation
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design