O170 Stability Operations (Davis)

Question 1

Tasks of stability operations

Answer 1

• establish civil security/control
• restore essential services
• support to governance
• support economic and infrastructure development
• conduct security cooperation

Question 2

Purposes of stability operations

Answer 2

• provide a secure environment
• secure land areas
• meet the critical needs of the populace
• gain support for host-nation government
• shape the environment for interagency and host-nation success

Question 3

Sources of instability

Answer 3

• decreased support for the government based on what locals actually expect of their government
• anti-govt. support
• undermining of the normal functioning of society where the emphasis must be on a return to the established norms

Question 4

What is stability?

Answer 4

A process in which personnel identify and mitigate underlying sources of instability to est. the conditions for long-term stability

Question 5

Stability task forces focus on ____**

Answer 5

Identifying and targeting the root causes of instability and by building the capacity of local institutions

Question 6

Stability ultimately aims to ____

Answer 6

Create a condition so the local populace regards the situation as legitimate, acceptable, and predictable.

Question 7

What do stability sectors do?**

Answer 7

Help to focus and unify reconstruction and stabilization efforts within specific functional areas of society

Stability sectors include:

• security
• justice and reconciliation
• humanitarian assistance and social well-being
• governance and participation
• economic stabilization and infrastructure

Question 8

What government entity is designated to coordinate United State Govt. efforts in stabilization and reconstruction activities?

Answer 8

Department of State (DOS)

Question 9

What are the Army’s stability tasks**

Answer 9

1) security
2) justice and reconciliation
3) humanitarian assistance and social well-being
4) governance and participation
5) economic stabilization and infrastructure

These stability tasks support the Dept. of State stability sectors

Question 10

5 stability sectors

Answer 10

• security
• justice and reconciliation
• humanitarian assistance and social well-being
• governance and participation
• economic stabilization and infrastructure

Question 11

the primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace

Answer 11

stability mechanism (compel, support, influence, control)