Shaping the Marine Corps Today for its Future Role in West Africa Engagement

Abstract

Over the past several years, the United States Government (U.S.) has started to appreciate the strategic importance of Africa. However, because of patterns of ethnic violence, disease, terrorist activities, and other governmental and economic challenges, the future of Africa is uncertain. To combat this uncertainty, the US has begun to take a holistic approach toward achieving its strategic objectives regarding Africa. The Department of Defense will contribute to the U.S. government efforts by establishing a Geographic Combatant Command on the continent of Africa. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) will focus its effort on theatre security cooperation, building security capacity, improving governance, deterring aggression and responding to crises.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504873

Entities

People

  • Kyle B. Ellison

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Command And Control
  • Continents
  • Economic Development
  • Governments
  • Marine Corps
  • Maritime Security
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare
  • West Africa

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies