DoD Training for Smaller Scale Contingencies: Enhancing Predeployment Linkages with Civilian Agencies
Abstract
This paper, an IDA self-initiated Central Research Project, examines the current state of training involving civilian and military participants engaged in preparing for future Smaller Scale Contingency (SSC) operations. Recognizing that U.S. military forces deploying into SSCs will encounter and need to coordinate with civilian agencies of several types, U.S. joint and Service training organizations, including the unified combatant commands, have sought opportunities to engage with them in a training environment. For a variety of reasons (non-availability of personnel, costs, lack of effective planning, and others), attempts at such coordinated training have had mixed results. The research for this task included as key elements a series of interviews with knowledgeable civilian and military personnel, and distribution of a comprehensive questionnaire to additional experienced contacts, eliciting useful responses. The document concludes that both communities civilian and military recognize the value of such prior training, but acknowledge that there are impediments to its effective execution. The document recommends actions to improve the military-civilian training interface, and suggests that additional research on this topic could be highly productive.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA395354
Entities
People
- A. M. Lidy
- James Kunder
- Samuel H. Packer
- Sara Lechtenberg-kasten
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses