Restructuring the Army National Guard for Post Conflict and Domestic Operations
Abstract
Unfolding world events including war and extensive natural disasters in the past three years demonstrate that the military element of national power is more responsive and capable than any other even though it is organized specifically for war. However we ask our combat units to transition almost immediately to post conflict reconstruction and nation building or deploy directly into a security and disaster relief environment. This is a difficult task at best. A potential solution is to organize a portion of our National Guard forces to conduct post major combat operations focused on Reconstruction and Nation Building which share numerous tasks with domestic and global disaster response. This force would train specifically on Security and Stability Operations Physical Infrastructure Operations and Political Infrastructure Operations and work in an environment that includes interagency NGO and Coalition support. This paper will explore new National Guard structure and how it will better fit into overall missions that we ask the military element of national power to support.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA449301
Entities
People
- Patrick M. Hamilton
Organizations
- United States Army War College