Test 1 Flashcards
Interorganizational Agencies
1) Intergovernmental organizations
2) Nongovernmental organizations
Which DCHA Office coordinates US gov’t response to international disasters?
The Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
UN Cluster System: Definition
UN coordination mechanism
Designed for international responses
To humanitarian crises.
UN Cluster System: Clusters
FRENCHS Water PLoT:
1) Camp Coordination/MGMT
2) Early Recovery
3) Education
4) Telecom
5) Food Security
6) Health
7) Logistics
8) Nutrition
9) Protection
10) Shelter
11) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
Interorganizational Coordination Considerations
IMP ORGASM Coop:
1) Identification
2) Mandates
3) Perceptions
4) Assistance
5) Resourcing
6) Common Ground
7) Coordination Mechanisms
8) Cooperation
9) Security Clearances
10) Oslo Guidelines.
Interorganizational Coordination Mechanisms
COACH U
1) Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC)
2) Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC)
3) Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC)
4) USAID
5) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
6) United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UNCMCoord)
Information Sharing Considerations
NGOs not classified, open source with other agencies
Small Wars Definition
Operations undertaken under executive authority
Wherein military force is combined with diplomatic pressure
In the internal or external affairs
Of another state whose government is unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory
For the preservation of life and of such interests
As are determined by the foreign policy of our Nation.
Irregular Warfare Definition
A violent struggle
Among state and non-state actors
For legitimacy and influence
Over the relevant populations.
Irregular Warfare Related Capabilities
CLIC
1) Civil Military Operations
2) Information Operations
3) Counterintelligence
4) Law Enforcement Activities
Irregular Warfare Primary Activities
FUCCS
1) Stability Operations
2) Counterinsurgency
3) Foreign Internal Defense
4) Unconventional Warfare
5) Counterterrorism
Civil-Military Operations Definition
The activities of a commander
Performed by designated civil affairs (CA) or other military forces
That establish, maintain, influence, or exploit
Relationships between military forces and indigenous populations and institutions (IPI),
By directly supporting objectives relating to the reestablishment or maintenance of stability within a region or host nation.
Stability Operations Definition
Encompasses various military missions, tasks, and activities
Conducted outside the U.S.
In coordination with other instruments of national power
To maintain or re-establish a safe and secure environment,
Provide essential gov’t services,
Emergency infrastructure reconstruction
And humanitarian relief.
Stability Operations Functions
SHERG
1) Security
2) Humanitarian Assistance
3) Economic Stabilization and Infrastructure
4) Rule of Law
5) Governance and Participation
Counterinsurgency Definition
Comprehensive civilian and military efforts Designed to simultaneously
Defeat and contain insurgency.
Indirect COIN Methods
GOIN Nasty
1) Nation Assistance and Security Cooperation
2) Generational Engagement
3) Negotiation and Diplomacy
4) Identify-Separate-Isolate-Influence-Reintegrate
5) Other indirect enablers: intel, airlift, counter threat finance, money shaping
Six Steps CA Methodology
AD3ET
1) Assess
2) Decide
3) Develop/Detect
4) Deliver
5) Evaluate
6) Transition
METT-TC
1) Mission
2) Enemy
3) Terrain/Weather
4) Troops and Support Available
5) Time
6) Civil Considerations
ASCOPE/PMESII
ASCOPE
1) Area
2) Structures
3) Capabilities
4) Organizations
5) People
6) Events
PMESII
1) Political
2) Military
3) Economic
4) Social
5) Information
6) Infrastructure
Nation Assistance Programs
SAFID H&M
1) Security Assistance
2) Foreign Internal Defense
3) Military Civic Action
4) Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
Nation Assistance Planning Considerations
Recognize and leverage relationships between the command and every individual, group, organization in the AO
Advising the supported commander on meeting needs of people affected by mil operations, create desired effect while ensuring
Legitimacy and credibility of mission
Support to Civil Administration Operational Environments
1) Friendly Territory
2) Occupied Territory (temp military govt authorized by SECDEF)
CA Supporting Tasks to SCA
Quality CLARINETS
1) Identify, validate, or evaluate FN/HN INFRASTRUCTURE through SWEAT-MSO
2) Understand NEEDS of IPI in terms of LOO
3) Monitor and anticipate future REQUIREMENTS of the LOOs or functional specialties
4) Build CAPACITY with HN gov’t officials
5) Perform LIAISON functions between military and civilian agencies
6) Coordinate and SYNCHRONIZE collaborative interagency or multinational support to civil administration ops
7) Participate in EXECUTION of selected support to CA operations as needed or directed
8) Perform QUALITY control assessments of support to civil administration operations and costs
9) Assist in the ARBITRATION of problems arising from the execution of support to civil administration operations (negotiation and mediation)
10) Coordinate and synchronize TRANSITION of support to civil administration operations from the MAGTF to the indigenous gov’t, international community or interagency partners.
5 Dimensions of Operational Culture
BEEPS
1) Environment
2) Economy
3) Social Organization
4) Political Structures
5) Belief Systems
Cultural Considerations: Environment
1) Water
2) Land
3) Food
4) Materials for Shelter
5) Fuel/Power
6) Climate/Seasons
7) Transportation & Communications
Cultural Considerations: Economy
1) Goods and Services
2) Economic Exchanges
- Formal
- Informal: tax, influence, non-state funding
- Informal goods/services: illegal, quasi-legal, ignored
3) Informal Economies
4) Network of Exchange
5) Structuring Social Relationships
Cultural Considerations: Social Organization and Power
1) Age
2) Gender
3) Kinship/Tribe
4) Class
5) Ethnicity/Race
6) Religious Membership
Cultural Considerations: Political Structure
1) Leadership
2) Law
3) Conflict over power
Cultural Considerations: Belief System
Religion is a component but difference between what they do and what they are told they should do
SWEAT-MSO
1) Sewer
2) Water
3) Electricity
4) Academic
5) Trash
6) Medical
7) Safety
8) Other
