"The US Military Should Turn to Remote-Enabled Advising" Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Jan 2021 9:30 p.m. PST |
"Bill Yung is a fictional character, but his team's relationship with its partner force can be realized. Veterans of Vietnam and Afghanistan famously said that, instead of fighting "one 10-year war," the United States and its partners fought "10 one-year wars," due to the discontinuity wrought by the constant rotation of military personnel. This aphorism can be easily applied to American military assistance efforts around the world — where military advisers spend even less time with their local partners than the men and women working alongside Afghan forces. However, in the 21st century, the duration of a physical troop deployment should no longer be an adviser's principal constraint. A new employment model for military advisers, coupled with today's communications technology, could strengthen the quality and lengthen the duration of U.S. relationships with foreign military partners. These longer, deeper relationships provide greater opportunities for advisers to both improve the effectiveness of local partner forces and to advance American influence in support of U.S. country team and geographic combatant command objectives…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
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