Insider's Perspective: Creating a Culture of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

Abstract

As the United States military forces execute Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) activities in support of the Global War on Terror and Homeland Defense overseas, the development of nontraditional partners requires a variety of non-traditional engagement activities and the discovery of new tools to be applied. Defense Support to Public Diplomacy (DSPD) and Military Support to Public Diplomacy (DSPD) move to the fore of all the functional capabilities U.S. forces can provide, a non-traditional role for the Department of Defense. Previously relegated to the realm of the Commanders, military forces, specifically U.S. Naval forces, find themselves engaging more and more often with the people, the governments and the militaries of nations we desire to develop as partners. Supported by the strengthening relationship between the Department of State and the Department of Defense, TSC activities conducted by the U.S. military forces emerge as a new tools intended to encourage and influence the nations of interest to U.S. national security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA520427

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  • Connie Frizzell

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Africa
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  • Maritime Security
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