The National Security Strategy and Peacetime Engagement Operations: Can We Afford to Keep Our Heads in the Sand?

Abstract

The rapidly unfolding global security environment of the 1990s confronts the US Army with numerous challenges encompassing issues of doctrine and force structure as well as the emphasis to be placed on traditional and nontraditional missions. This study examines current readiness focus, the reasonable expectations for upcoming contingencies, and mission preparation and readiness issues. It argues that limited resources and greater probability for deployment to peacetime engagement operations may necessitate a re-evaluation of the total focus on preparation for two near simultaneous major regional conflicts. The paper concludes that it is time to legitimize peacetime engagement operations preparation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1996
Accession Number
ADA310854

Entities

People

  • Stewart W. Wyland

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Readiness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Security
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Peacetime
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Strategic Security Studies