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Current operations, demands of persistent conflict, and enduring U.S. national security interests underscore the immediate and continuing need to improve U.S. Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts. The frequency and importance of such activities throughout U.S. history demonstrate that the current requirements are not anomalies. Since September 11, 2001, the United States has been challenged to accomplish key national security goals due to a lack of capability and capacity to effectively advise, utilize, and partner with foreign security forces. To meet this challenge, this paper offers recommendations that build upon recent initiatives within the Department of Defense (DoD) to create a comprehensive approach to improve U.S. SFA. At the heart of the recommendations is a DoD-level organizational approach to institutionalize SFA activities effectively and to facilitate interagency and multinational unity of effort. We intend to adapt current DoD processes that encourage the ad hoc approach and implement a single DoD-level integrating organization.

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English
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64

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Comprehensive Approach to Improving U. S. Security Force Assistance Efforts
2009, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Cover of: A Comprehensive Approach to Improving U.S. security Force Assistance Efforts
A Comprehensive Approach to Improving U.S. security Force Assistance Efforts
2009, US Army War College: Strategis Studies Institute
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Library of Congress
UA12 .C676 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
iv, 58p.
Number of pages
64
Dimensions
9 x 6 x inches

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Open Library
OL24973554M
ISBN 10
158487404X
OCLC/WorldCat
441990161, 225515786

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Work ID
OL16077126W

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Security Force Assistance is analyzed, and some specific recommendations designed to improve U.S. performance are provided. While SFA may be a new term, the activities themselves are familiar ones related to how the Department of Defense works to train, advise, and assist foreign partners' security establishments to accomplish common objectives. The United States has demonstrated serious SFA deficiencies in recent years. As Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has noted, the United States is likely to remain actively and broadly engaged in SFA for many years to come. The need for comprehensive improvement encompasses DoD military and civilian efforts and requires thoughtful integration with broader whole of government approaches.

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