Civil-Military Integration in Afghanistan. Creating Unity of Command

Abstract

Last year, Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman argued that the way forward in Afghanistan required ?a comprehensive civil military counterinsurgency approach.?1 The U.S. interagency community is answering the call. By mid-2010, there should be over 700 civilians deployed to complement the increase of U.S. troops to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); however, the "civilian surge" is only a first step toward success in a counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign. Next, the U.S. Government must integrate personnel into a unified civilian-military structure with clear command and control (C2) systems aligned with the government of Afghanistan and ISAF. Without unity of command throughout civilian and military organizations, there cannot be the unity of effort needed to support Afghanistan in defeating a ruthless insurgency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA515092

Entities

People

  • Joshua W. Welle

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Command And Control
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Commanders
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control