USEASTCOM Operational Environment
The USEASTCOM AOR is characterized by dynamism and complexity with interlocked problem sets that provide no clear, easy, or quick wins to reverse endemic challenges and instability. The entire theatre requires a robust investment of time, energy and resolve; with short, medium and long term goals to guide us to our desired end state.
Our AOR encompasses 6.4 million square miles, 30 countries, over 438 million people, 400 tribal and ethnic groups, and hundreds of languages. Within these constraints. there remain diverse nationalities, peoples, religions, and tribes that have been unequally effected by the historic culture, rampant European colonialism, and rapid transition from mandates to independent
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Principally composed of weak or unstable governments; external and internal predators maximize self-interests to the detriment of the people of the continent. These forces provide breeding grounds for entities with ends inimical to the United States, our Allies and our partners; and in the worst case, provide safe havens to enable violent extremists to thrive and target our Homeland and global interests. More recently, some states have taken advantage of these instabilities to sow the seeds of interstate tensions that could cross borders and lead to tremendous loss of life. Security, stability, rule of law, and international aid will provide governments the tools to counter outside aggression and instability.? Keeping defense of the homeland as our priority; aiding the countering of aggressions and external negative actors will provide regional governments the room to build viable institutions while military assistance and cooperation enhance unified efforts.?The entire theatre requires a robust investment of time, energy and resolve; with short, medium and long term goals to guide us to our desired end state: USEASTCOM assisting the transition of African problems into African …show more content…
This will be a long and enduring task that we will sustain to ensure the US homeland is secured by defeating violent extremist organizations to ensure the threat does not make it to our shores. We will ensure US access and freedom of maneuver by controlling the USEASTCOM air, land and sea. Our allied partner, Tunisia will be safe and secure. We will build future stable and reliable partners through military and all diplomatic channels to include NGOs, OGOs, IOs, private sector and DoS. We will improve regional security in many ways; one of which is by training our Tunisian partners to have a self-reliant security force. We will guarantee partner military communication interoperability with US platforms. Ultimately we desire to foster the attitude that African problems deserve African solutions. Lastly we will secure and expand U.S. interests by increasing stability and security in the USEASTCOM AOR and we deter the enemy from crossing on to our homeland boarders. In addition, building partners and allies in this joint conflict only strengthens our resolve and dilutes the hate filled message of our common enemy. Our end states vary greatly, so too our risk assessments differ significantly. The greatest risks I envision are foreign interference, regional war and perception of US imperialism. We must do
...in technology and tactics have made Special Forces units more reliable. For example, the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and the incident with the Somali pirates of the coast of Somalia show the capabilities of today’s Special Forces. The author asserts that, in the future the United States will shift away from major combat operations. These large engagements have proven to be costly in lives and treasure. For that reason, she infers that the US Military will choose the “go small, go long” model for future engagements in the Middle East. Special operation forces are uniquely suited for this model. Their conspicuous nature and low cost make them politically and strategically ideal. The author also suggests that future large scale operations may look like the conflicts in Libya and Somalia rather than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
International organizations such as NATO and the UN are essential not only for global peace, but also as a place where middle powers can exert their influence. It is understandable that since the inception of such organizations that many crises have been averted, resolved, or dealt with in some way thro...
The terrorist threat posed to United States (U.S.) interests within the Horn of Africa (HOA) is represented by one terrorist organization in particular, al-Shabaab. Areas of concern towards key strategic interests for the U.S. consist of armed conflicts, violent extremism, global trade, and maritime security in which al-Shabaab possess an influential capacity to disrupt, which effects political, economic, and social stability throughout region. As countries within the HOA continue to gain strategic importance to U.S. interest and policy makers, al-Shabaab and the various entities they collaborate with affect the stability of the region and remain a prevalent threat.
In conclusion, the persistent disparities in American Indians and Alaska Natives communities are deeply rooted in historical trauma. To improve the health status of AI/AN there needs more American Indian/Alaska Natives delivery health care to the community. More importantly, tribal leaders and the AI/AN community must participate in raising the health status of the community. It should not take a congressional action to decrease the disparities plaguing the American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
First, in the long run the negative effects of a military international intervention, even if against oppressive governments, could actually outweigh the positive ones. Moreover, coercive policy could, in fact, aggravate a conflict by providing grounds for long lasting hostility, aggression, or ev...
In this section, I will provide a brief history of U.S. military involvement on the African continent, starting with the Barbary Wars and working up through the current date. This historical documentation will highlight the change in the role the United States has played in Africa [post 9-11???]. Prior to 9-11, the United States’ interactions were mainly [capture summary here]. Since [?], however, the continent has faced a marked increase in violent extremism and terrorism leading the United States to partner with many African nations in counterterrorism initiatives. These, and other initiatives, mean an increasing number U.S. service members are deploying to Africa to take part in training, humanitarian issues and military operations. These military activities are run by United States African Command, a recently created combatant command.
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African leaders knew that isolating Africa from international politics would harm security and economic stability, but opening their states to aid from the US and the USSR allowed for foreign ideological influence. The West planned to stop the spread of foreign communism with “containment” policies, using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as military force, while the USSR responded with the Warsaw Treaty Organization in 1955. These military organizations were examples of the actions the West and East took to make themselves appear intimidating to other states, but neither resulted in major military action. Instead, they acted as support and communication systems for the West and East as they tried...
“Operational design is a journey of discovery, not a destination.” Operational design provides a framework, with the guidance of the Joint Force Commander (JFC), that staffs and planning groups can use to give political leaders, commanders, and warfighters a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the problems and objectives for which military forces will be committed, or are planned to be committed. Furthermore, operational design supports commanders and planners to make sense of complicated operational environments (often with ill-structured or wicked problems), helps to analyze wicked problem, and devise an operational approach to solve the problem in the context of the operational environment.
The AFSOC teams have been working all over the globe to help the US in its foreign affairs. By being active with Central Asia, AFSOC has been able to set up mobility command in Kyrgyzstan before the terrorist attacks from Al Qaeda. From theses connections, we were able to begin our Middle Eastern Operations with better ease. Lieutenant General Donald Wurster speaks about AFSOC’s cooperation with other countries saying "It seems there are places where effectiven... ... middle of paper ... ...
For my essay I will be evaluating the sub-saharan African country of Liberia. Over the course of this essay i shall try and shed some light on the main threats to peace and stability in the country. Threats that, if not treated responsibly and correctly, could throw Liberia, the Liberian people and potentially a large proportion of West Africa back into the violence and political instability that has plagued the region over the last few decades.
American policies demonstrated narrow interest in Africa in the early 1950’s. As every move was suppose a strategic one soon after WWII, Africa was a low precedence harmonious to public needs. For solicitation, Michael Clough eminent that “American policy makers seldom gave pre-eminence to initiatives that did not attend U.S. Strategic share” during this period (Clough, 1). Africa held contracted value at this moment in time. Moreover, Henry Byroade, head of African affairs in 1953 bluntly say, “consider us be candid in allow our post in the puissance an...
In modern military theory, the highest level is the strategic level, in which activities at the strategic level focus directly on policy objectives, both during peace and warfare. In the study of modern military strategy, there is a distinction between military strategy and national strategy, in which the former is the use of military objective to secure political objectives and the latter coordinates and concentrates all the elements of national...
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