Army Support to Peacekeeping Operations and the Inherent Readiness Challenges

Abstract

The Army OPTEMPO in the peacekeeping arena is creating a significant readiness challenge. The Army must be able to respond in peace and war to support the nation's vital interests. Our Army leaders are not afforded the opportunity to 'pick and choose' the missions it receives. It is therefore necessary to be trained, equipped and ready to take on all assigned missions. This will have to be done as a total Army within greatly constrained budgets. It is a fact that the recent tremendous pace of operations has caused the Army great concern over relevancy, which in turn has caused the organization to attempt to accomplish too much with too little. The Army leadership must look for revolutionary approaches that at a minimum streamline training processes and set up an organization totally capable of serving over the full spectrum of conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390530

Entities

People

  • Paul R. Plemmons

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Health Services
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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