Strategic Leadership in Stability Operations: A Challenge to Army Enterprise
Abstract
The 21st Century will be an era of persistent, full-spectrum conflict ranging from peaceful competition to general war. Military conflict in this era will encompass the full spectrum of operations to include offensive, defensive, and stability operations. In the past decade the Army has demonstrated its competence in offensive and defensive operations, but has struggled to develop competency in stability operations. The Army must develop a core competency in stability operations equal to that which it currently has in combat operations. To do this, the Army must determine jurisdiction over the tasks inherent in the mission as a means of identifying where in the Institution the skills and expertise reside. The paper will identify that these tasks require skill and expertise that are resident in certain Army branches. The Army must assess its strategic leadership capacity in those branches to determine whether core competency can be claimed. The paper takes the position that current strategic leadership is not sufficiently diverse in the professional skills and expertise that stability operations require. The Army should address the challenge of attaining core competency in stability operations by se"? solutions through the Army Enterprise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA519859
Entities
People
- Robert K. Burk
Organizations
- United States Army War College