Building the Capacity of Partner States Through Security Force Assistance
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This report provides the following elements: An overview of the SFA rationale focused primarily on Department of Defense support for and relations with foreign security forces. Description of the possible employment of U.S. conventional forces and platforms in support of the SFA mission. Exploration of current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Resident training capability in U.S. forces as a tool for geographic combatant commanders. Issues Congress may consider. The report summarizes congressional reaction to SFA proposals and provides a detailed account of the issues raised by SFA concepts and programs.
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Description
This report provides the following elements: An overview of the SFA rationale focused primarily on Department of Defense support for and relations with foreign security forces. Description of the possible employment of U.S. conventional forces and platforms in support of the SFA mission. Exploration of current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Resident training capability in U.S. forces as a tool for geographic combatant commanders. Issues Congress may consider. The report summarizes congressional reaction to SFA proposals and provides a detailed account of the issues raised by SFA concepts and programs.
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Livingston, Thomas K.Building the Capacity of Partner States Through Security Force Assistance,
report,
May 5, 2011;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40159/:
accessed April 30, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
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