Political Advisors Harnessing the Soft Power of Brigade Commanders

摘要

Despite tactical successes and operational gains during the past five years in Iraq, the U.S. Army's doctrinal evolution is still very much in its infancy. Consider the ground-breaking concepts encapsulated in FM 3-24 at the beginning of the counterinsurgency doctrinal dialogue. Due to current force commitments and the strategic framework for the near future, military leaders can expect to find themselves continually deployed to developing countries to conduct full spectrum operations based on the principles of reconstruction and stabilization. To achieve success, leaders at all levels must continue a professional discourse about the shortfalls of traditional maneuver operations in a counterinsurgency environment.