Unleashed Potential: The Potential of Civil Military Support Elements in Theater Security Cooperation
Abstract
The problem is how to employ a limited amount of Civil-Military Support Elements (CMSEs) in a theater of operations to develop and maintain a partner nation's Civil-Military Operations (CMO) capacity. The purpose of this research is to identify best practices in developing a partner nation's capacity to conduct CMO to a level at which little or no U.S. military involvement is needed. The thesis presents a case study of the successful application of CMSEs in Paraguay that developed the partner nation's capacity to conduct CMO, and also helped it to develop, plan, execute, and orchestrate its own Civil-Military Engagement Plan to achieve unity of effort in conducting CMO and train other military branches and units to do so as well. This action met the Combatant Commander's (CCDR) and Theater Special Operations Command's (TSOC) objectives and allowed the TSOC the flexibility to reassign the CMSE from Paraguay to another region/country. This thesis was completed at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), Fort Benning, GA, under the authority of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA569338
Entities
People
- Clayton D. Curtis
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College