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Assessing requirements for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief / Bruce R. Pirnie, Corazon M. Francisco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pirnie, Bruce, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--Civic action.
- United States.
- Armed Forces.
- United States--Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 143 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 1998.
- Summary:
- The purpose of the study is to assess requirements for peace operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, then to develop options for conducting such contingencies more effectively without detracting from the nation's capability to conduct major theater warfare.
- Contents:
- Trend Since 1989 1
- Concerns Caused by the Trend 2
- Methodology 2
- Chapter 2 Overview of Operations, 1990-1996 5
- CONUS Humanitarian Assistance 6
- Higher Level of Effort 7
- OCONUS Humanitarian Assistance 7
- Military Support to Civil Authorities 9
- Operational Airlift 10
- Migrants 11
- Sanctions 12
- Traditional Peacekeeping 13
- No-Fly Zone 14
- Humanitarian Intervention 15
- Peace Accords 16
- Summary of Operations, 1990-1996 18
- Success and Failure 20
- Chapter 3 Vignettes 23
- CONUS/OCONUS Humanitarian Assistance (Medium Disaster) 24
- CONUS Humanitarian Assistance (Large Disaster) 25
- OCONUS Humanitarian Assistance (Littoral Operation) 26
- Peacekeeping (Preventive Deployment) 28
- No-Fly Zone and Strike 29
- Humanitarian Intervention (Inland) 31
- Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Accord Enforcement 33
- Peace Accord Enforcement (Legitimate Government) 35
- Peace Accord Enforcement (Agreement Among Parties) 37
- Chapter 4 Implications 43
- Level of Future Operations 43
- Diminished Level of Operations 44
- Constant Level of Operations 46
- Increased Level of Operations 48
- Peak Demand and Consequences 49
- Implications for Command and Control 52
- Implications for the Army 54
- Alternative Patterns 54
- Deployed Forces 56
- Requirements During Initial Phase 57
- Requirements over Three Years 58
- Logistics Civil Augmentation Program 60
- Implications for the Air Force 63
- Basing Challenges 63
- Modularity 65
- Air Expeditionary Force 66
- Uneven Stress on Aircraft and Crews 67
- Looming Retention Problem 70
- Implications for the Navy and Marine Corps 72
- Chapter 5 Recommendations 75
- Refine Command Elements for CJTF 76
- Perform Search and Rescue Using a Variety of Forces 77
- Expand Use of Civilian Contractors 77
- Define Structure of Army Contingency Brigades 78
- Use National Guard and Reserve for Noncoercive Peacekeeping 80
- Develop Modularity Below the Unit Level 81
- Increase Readiness of Selected Army Support Units 82
- Add Support Units to the Active Army 84
- Develop Air Expeditionary Forces for Close Air Support 86
- Make Increased Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 87
- A. Operations, 1990-1996 89
- B. The Force Access Database 101
- C. Stresses on Army Units 127
- D. Army Contingency Brigade 133.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense by RAND's National Defense Research Institute."
- "50th Year Rand, a national resource, 1948-1998"--Cover.
- "MR-951-OSD."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143).
- ISBN:
- 0833025945
- OCLC:
- 38521468
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