Warfighters Or Peacekeepers PDF Download

Author: Michael E. Mathes
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Category : Military assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Languages : en
Pages : 59

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If the Army is to remain relevant in a rapidly evolving strategic environment it must reassess its force structure and deployment methodology in order to enable it to better meet ongoing contingency operation requirements without adversely impacting its core competency of warfighting. The U.S. l997 National Military Strategy requirement that the Army, in addition to fighting and winning two nearly simultaneous major theater wars, be prepared to respond to the full spectrum of operations highlights this dilemma. Throughout the 1990's, the Army's response to the ever-increasing number of contingency operations has been the routine deployment of heavy and light combat forces under the guise that contingency operations are the exception, not the norm, to its warfighting mission. This assessment of the combat readiness implications of deploying heavy and light divisions in support of contingency operations concludes that contingency operation training and experience does not necessarily confer combat readiness. Three criteria - force structure, training requirements and equipment readiness - are used to compare and contrast the roles of the 1st Armor Division in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996 (Operation Joint Endeavor) and the 10tb Mountain Division in Haiti in 1994 (Operation Uphold Democracy). This historical comparison demonstrates that both heavy and light units suffer combat readiness degradation due to contingency operation deployments, but that the negative effects on light forces are much more manageable than those on heavy forces.

Author: Thomas E. Schick
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Category : Cleaning compounds
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Author: Joseph P. Nizolak
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Category : Combat sustainability (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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The "Respond" portion of U.S. Military strategy "Shape, Respond, Prepare Now" along with post Cold War downsizing has transformed the Armed Forces of the United States into a force projection military. Every commander, leader, and soldier must be trained and ready to deploy and fight with minimum notice. The "Shape" portion of our military strategy has resulted in numerous deployments to conduct Peace Operations where we are focused on not fighting but preventing war. We often hear that future combat will be "come as you are" wars with little if any time to ramp-up our warfighting skills to their highest levels. This requirement demands that our forces be focused on their warfighting tasks. There are only so many training days available to a peacetime army ... 241 once weekends and holidays are stripped out. For a deployment force on a Support-Mission-Training cycle has those 241 days are reduced to 161. The average peace operation deployment time for the Class of 1999 was 145 days. Subtracting the weekends from these 145 days to allow a better comparison leaves 105 days which reduces the training days for a unit deployed on a peace operation to 56 daysZ Is preparation for and conduct of Peace Operations reducing our readiness to perform our primary mission - to fight and win our nations wars? This paper analyzes the Peace Operations experiences of US Army War College students, our military's future senior leaders, with regards to how they view the impact of Peace Operations on readiness. Using survey results from the 1997, 1998, and 1999 resident classes, we find a changing attitude concerning Peace Operations, their effect on readiness, and their role in preparing our forces to fight and win the next war.

Author: William J. Blankmeyer
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Category : Military doctrine
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The United States Army has become a key component of our national security strategy of engagement abroad to promote peace and prosperity at home. On any given day, American soldiers can be found in over 70 countries participating in training exercises and contingency operations, most of which focus on peacekeeping. However, there are significant costs and risks associated with this strategy. Not only has the OPTEMPO greatly increased for our down-sized Army, but our ability to transition from peacekeeping operations to fighting two nearly simultaneous major theater wars may be in question. This paper will first review how peace operations degrade the combat readiness of Army units. It will then offer a "warfighter management program" designed to sustain combat readiness during extended peace operations. This program is based on the lessons learned by U.S. Army Europe while supporting Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR in Bosnia.

Author: William J. Blankmeyer
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Category : Military doctrine
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: John A. Simpson
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Category : Leadership
Languages : en
Pages : 17

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The Army of the future faces the challenges of a decreased force that must respond to a Nation's calling whether in combat or Operations Other Than War (OOTW) such as peace operations. We can assume based on guidance provided by the National Security Strategy (NSS) and our senior leaders that peace operations will continue in the future. While this presents challenges to our basic warfighting mission it also has positive implications to the future Army. Until the 1st Cavalry Division deployed, the bulk of the forces assigned to peacekeeping came from Europe's two divisions and the 10th Mountain Division. By deciding to use "911" forces, those identified as first to deploy for contingency missions, to conduct peacekeeping operations the Army has taken steps to ease the impacts of OPTEMPO. Additionally, it has provided a training ground for future leaders while minimizing readiness impacts and still maintaining forces combat ready. Today and in the future the United States cannot afford to exclude a division and have it just focus on one particular spectrum of war. All forces must be able to operate within the full spectrum of future operations. This paper examines the implications of using "First to Fight" i.e. "911" Divisions for Operations Other Than War by specifically reviewing the impact on readiness, operational tempo (OPTEMPO) and leadership.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781982016418
Category : Military readiness
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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MILITARY READINESS: Actions Are Needed to Enhance Readiness of Global Response Force to Support Contingency Operations

Author: Mark W. McCulloch
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Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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"Throughout the history of the United States military, the nation's leaders have used the armed forces to assist with both domestic and overseas humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, but it is only in the past 10 years, that national strategic documents have identified these operations as a primary mission for the U.S. military. With this elevation of disaster relief operations to a primary military mission, critics have raised a number of concerns with the use of military forces for these operations. Of these concerns, division of training focus has been a dominant recurring theme. While these concerns deserve due consideration, there are also potential benefits to the warfighting readiness of participating military forces that can mitigate or even outweigh the negative consequences. Therefore, this paper argues that although some combat skill sets will degrade over a unit's extended employment for disaster relief operations, with proper doctrine and force assignment, other joint warfighting skills will be exercised and enhanced, generally resulting in an overall stronger warfighting readiness for the participating units. To explore this thesis, this paper evaluates three case studies: Operation Unified Assistance, Operation Unified Response, and Operation Tomodachi. The research shows that although they do not employ all of the skill required for combat, disaster relief operations are complex contingency operations that provide unique training opportunities while furthering U.S. national interests. In a budget environment of decreasing resources for dedicated training, it is vital that the armed forces leverage these operations for maximum training benefit while remaining cognizant of mitigations required to maintain full-spectrum combat capability."--Abstract