The United States Army has a long history of advising foreign
security forces with its general purpose force, despite a
perception that its special force is the primary force with which
it undertakes advisory efforts. Ad hoc selection and assignment and
inadequate training of Army general purpose force advisors in Iraq
and Afghanistan led to a rediscovery of lessons learned. Despite
the Army's 110 years of advisory experience with its general
purpose force, problems encountered in the Korea and Vietnam
advisory efforts regarding advisor training, advisory group
organization, and advisor assignments point to the Army's need to
institutionalize advisory capability and capacity within its
general purpose force. The relevance of general purpose force
advising in Korea and Vietnam, however, place a specific light on
contemporary advising efforts and demonstrate the Army's need to
adapt the manner in which it prepares the general purpose force
personnel to advise foreign security forces. With the elevation of
the concept of 'building partner capacity' to the level of national
security doctrine in 2010, the Army finds itself behind its sister
services with respect to institutionalizing advisory capacity and
capability within its general purpose force. The resistance by Army
senior leaders to divert what they perceive as limited resources
within the conventional force conflicts with its anticipating
future operations increasingly involving general purpose force
personnel advising foreign security forces. This monograph
recommends the Army expand its Foreign Area Officer program to
include a secondary track to train and manage general purpose force
advisors and establish a formal advisory command to create needed
capacity and capability within the general purpose force.
General
Imprint: |
Biblioscholar
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2012 |
First published: |
September 2012 |
Authors: |
Jason M Bender
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
70 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-249-44098-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
|
LSN: |
1-249-44098-X |
Barcode: |
9781249440987 |
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