Planning and Education for Civil-Military Operations

Abstract

The Department of Defense is hampered by a three-part problem: Due to a structural professional military education deficiency civil affairs officers lack the planning capability needed for the conduct of joint civil-military operations at the operational and strategic levels; There is insufficient staff structure at the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands to leverage civil affairs officer/civil-military operations planning capabilities in support of full spectrum operations; The civil-military operations planning capability gap has its roots in the tactically focused, service specific training programs. There is not an advanced professional military education program designed to instruct civil affairs officers for the operational and strategic levels of planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 2011
Accession Number
ADA545485

Entities

People

  • Terry D. Lindon

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.