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Rebalancing Instruments of Power: A view from the field Michelle Parker [email protected] April 10, 2008 US Army War College XIX Annual Strategy Conference

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Rebalancing Instruments of Power: A view from the field. Michelle Parker [email protected] April 10, 2008 US Army War College XIX Annual Strategy Conference. PRT Task Organization. Personnelin the field. PRT-Command Group Model If > N agencies, DOS takes the lead - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Rebalancing Instruments of Power: A view from the field

Rebalancing Instruments of Power: A view from the field

Michelle [email protected]

April 10, 2008

US Army War College XIX Annual Strategy Conference

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BCT

MilitaryCommander

Personnel Intelligence Operations Logistics CIMIC/CA Communications

Senior EnlistedAdvisor

ForceProtection

Police AdvisorTeam

AfghanWork-Force

Interpreters

MEDICAL

MOI

Development

USAID at BCTEmbassy

Political

?

USDA, Police, etc.

PRT Task Organization

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Personnel in the field PRT-Command Group Model

If > N agencies, DOS takes the lead

Civilian Advisors in military C2 Brigade, Division, Corps

Military LNOs in USAID & State C2 Provide critical information related to military

activities to Ambassador, Mission Director & key staff

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Resources Stability Ops fund

Special Appropriations Committee AID, State & DOD all have access Non Withstanding Authority No earmarks

Tactical Level Approvals “Danish Model” < $10K-DOD Plans & Approves, USAID input > $10K-DOD or USAID plans, USAID Approves

Staff to manage the fund Contracts Specialists Experts for monitoring and evaluation

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Policy Level NSC position for each stability operation

(S/CRS can’t referee)

Clarify responsibilities and adjust organizations to execute the tasks successfully DOD-military or aid? USAID-stability ops? DOS-diplomat or political analyst? USDA, DOE, HHS-directly implement or outsource? Intelligence-with the 3Ds or not?