Security Force Assistance: Organization for the Long War

Abstract

The Army has identified the modular Brigade Combat Team (BCT) as the organizational structure to conduct the Army's Security Force Assistance (SFA) mission. This paper examines the overall ability of the brigade combat team to execute the SFA mission. It analyzes the BCT organizational structure and core capabilities against its SFA mission tasks and the lessons learned from recent deployments. The intent of this analysis is to identify gaps in manning and training to enable the Army to further improve planning, preparation and execution of the BCT in support of Security Force Assistance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520009

Entities

People

  • Ronald J. Metternich

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Combat Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Military Police
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.