Meeting Peace Operations' Requirements While Maintaining MTW Readiness

Abstract

This project examined the dilemma currently facing the U.S. Army: to prepare for and fight the nation's wars (its primary mission) while also preparing for and conducting peace operations (POs). If it prepares more intensively for POs (those deployments it is actually undertaking), those efforts are unlikely to translate into greater readiness for its primary mission and, in many cases, will result in a degradation of conventional combat readiness. The analysis is based on a series of case studies, an extensive literature review, and interviews with U.S. Army personnel representing combat service and combat service support (CS/CSS), combat arms, and special operations forces (SOF) units; many of those we interviewed were veterans of one or more of the operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Macedonia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA342429

Entities

People

  • Jennifer M. Taw

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.