Proposes international organizational models for transforming the U.S. Armed Forces to conduct homeland defense, peacekeeping, counterinsurgency, nation-building, and stability operations.
Foreword Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I INTRODUCTORY FRAMEWORK AND HOMELAND DEFENSE 1. Introduction 2. Definitions and Classifications for Military Operations Other than War (MOOTW) 3. The Challenge: Domestic Homeland Defense 4. The State Territorial Brigade—Homeland Defense, Support to Domestic Authorities, and Catastrophe Management 5. The State Frontier Brigade—Border Control and Support to Domestic Law Enforcement Authorities 6. Federal Disaster Relief Brigade—Rapid Deployment Homeland Defense and Catastrophe Support 7. The Airport Brigade—Critical Installation Security SECTION II SMALLER-SMALLER CONTINGENCIES 8. The Challenge: Expeditionary Stability Operations 9. Light Dragoon Brigade—Constabulary, Peacekeeping, and Peace Operations 10. Fireforce Brigade—Counterdrug/Counterinsurgency 11. Airborne-Airborne Assault Brigade—Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, Shows of Force, Attacks and Raids 12. Conclusions Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Kevin D. Stringer is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, and has taught as an adjunct faculty member at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, lectured at the Baltic Defence College in Estonia, and has been a Research Visitor at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
[S]tringer provides a proactive solution to the new security
requirements by suggesting that the U.S. Army should focus on
developing specific kinds of brigade-size units, not general types,
to conduct stability operations….[S]tringer erects a strong
foundation for future decisions about how we should transform our
Army to face domestic emergencies and emerging threats. His book
could become the benchmark for future publications addressing these
issues.
*Military Review*
Even though the US Army has already been transforming to brigade
modular units of action for three years, the ideas in this book are
important because Stringer proposes a brigade-centric approach that
is quite different. He suggests that specialization and
heterogeneity of formations will be more relevant to stability and
homeland defence operations. The current Army transformation effort
is underpinned by the generalization and homogeneity of like
modules. What's more, the best practice proposals in this work are
of value not only for American force developers, but also for
Western and other militaries which will continue to meet irregular
threats, at home and abroad, as this war continues for many
years….This book is recommended for both civilian defence experts
and military modernizers because it offers a useful and novel
benchmarking approach, one that examines several militaries from
Europe and elsewhere.
*RUSI Journal*
Although the US military is well organized for conventional
force-on- force engagements, Stringer argues that it is note
organizationally prepared for military operations other than war in
places like Grozny, Falluja, New Orleans, and New York City. He
provides recommendations for the development of specialized,
dedicate, and heterogeneous formations for specific missions under
the umbrella of homeland security and smaller-scale contingency
operations. His recommendations are based on identification and
assessment of comparative units found in other military
organizations around the world.
*Reference & Research Book News*
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