One Among Many: Building Partner Capacity in a Multinational Command

Abstract

Besides the cardinal mission of fighting and winning the Nation s wars, the United States Army has a salient tradition of training and advising foreign militaries. The new Defense Strategic Guidance emphasizes the enduring nature of the mission to build partner capacity. Although it does not envision large-scale, prolonged stability operations in the near term, the guidance cautions against the total divestment of mission capabilities and emphasizes the retention of lessons learned over the past decade. The establishment of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan provides a unique case study for understanding the challenges found in training indigenous security personnel, operating within a multinational training command, and creating and training an entire armed force from the squad to the ministerial level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561407

Entities

People

  • Keith A. Detwiler

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Stability Operations
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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