The Marine "Mission Chief"

Abstract

U.S. engagement in Latin America centers on Security Cooperation; however, USMC permanent personnel staffing does not support that mission effectively as it relies too heavily on Personnel Exchange Programs (PEP). Restructuring some of these PEP positions into Security Assistance Officers within the region would vastly improve USMC support to COCOM Security Cooperation goals. Assuming a zero sum game for staffing for Latin America, that paper analyzes the three types of permanent personnel positions in Latin American: Attaches, Security Assistance Officer(SAO), and PEPs and shows that SAO's have the greatest ability to have strategic impact. The paper provides recommendations on how/where to switch existing PEP billets to SAO billets and also recommends some changes to the current PEP order to allow "one-way" exchanges and tying PEPs to the SAO's in Latin America.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA602911

Entities

People

  • Ivan I. Monclova

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Hispanics
  • Latin America
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • South America
  • Students
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.