Stabilization operations through military capacity building--integration between Danish conventional forces and special operations forces
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Authors
Andreassen, Jesper J. D.
Boesgaard, Kenneth
Svendsen, Anders D.
Subjects
Danish Defence
military capacity building
stabilization operations
integration
synchronization
conventional forces
special operations forces
task assignment
full integration
conflict prevention
conflict intervention
doctrine
organization
technology
partner
assist
advise
mentor
train
shape-secure-develop
operational mentoring and liaison teams
village stability operations
Africa
Middle East.
military capacity building
stabilization operations
integration
synchronization
conventional forces
special operations forces
task assignment
full integration
conflict prevention
conflict intervention
doctrine
organization
technology
partner
assist
advise
mentor
train
shape-secure-develop
operational mentoring and liaison teams
village stability operations
Africa
Middle East.
Advisors
Sepp, Kalev I.
Simons, Anna
Date of Issue
2016-12
Date
Dec-16
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Due to instability in Africa and the Middle East, Denmark's political commitment to deploy troops to stabilize fragile regions is not expected to decrease in the near future. The political ambition for Denmark is to conduct stabilization efforts through military capacity building under the framework of shape-secure-develop. This requires targeting both the physical and the cognitive domains. For Denmark to sustain long-term stabilization operations, different approaches to integrate and synchronize the efforts of both conventional forces and special operations forces must be explored. This capstone makes use of two different conceptual scenarios: one of conflict prevention and one of conflict intervention. With conflict prevention, we contend that conventional forces and special operations forces should be fully integrated across doctrine, organization, and technology, and predominantly advise, mentor, and train local forces. With conflict intervention, military forces should predominantly partner and assist local forces through operational mentoring liaison teams and village stability operations. This capstone makes additional recommendations related to doctrine, organization, and technology, as well as education and training.
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