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Training and educating for complex operations: what DISAM can do for you.

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In September, I attended the 2008 Stability Operations Training and Education Workshop sponsored by the Consortium for Complex Operations (CCO) with support from a number of other prominent organizations and key USG agencies, including those from the DoD and Department of State (DoS), universities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and private contractors. The focus of this conference was how to overcome seven perceived gaps, defined by these groups in a recent survey, between all sources of training and education available and the learning or preparation requirements of USG personnel, contractors, and others supporting complex operations throughout the world, in particular, stability operations.

Just to be clear on this, stability operations are defined by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and DoD as "operations that are conducted (by the U.S. military) in coordination with other instruments of power to reestablish and maintain a safe and secure environment (in a location outside the U.S.) and provide essential government services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief...." (1) These operations can be distinguished from both purely private or commercial efforts, outside of any partnership with the U.S. military, to provide security or relief abroad as well as any domestic efforts to respond to U.S. civil relief, civil defense, or natural disaster needs on the home front.

When I discovered this, as a member of the DISAM...

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