Winning MOOTW's in 2010: The Future Relationship Between the U.S. Military and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO's)

摘要

Military operations other than war (MOOTW) have gained prominence since the end of the Cold War and are taking their toll on the military services. Cooperation with nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) will become essential in order for the U.S. military to achieve their objectives during these operations. Joint Vision 2010 (JV 2010) attempts to set the stage for how the military should be conducting business in the next decade. Presidential decision directive 56 (PDD 56) was passed in 1997 in an attempt to steer an interagency process of cooperation across U.S. governmental institutions but does not include NGO's in the formal process. This paper offers three recommendations on how the U.S. military should engage, cooperate and interact with NGO's now in order to fulfill JV 2010 as well as carry out the direction given in PDD 56 - (1) use a compatible communication system during these operations, preferably a cell phone satellite network, (2) begin an orientation program for NGO's so that they may become familiar with military structure, hardware and operations and (3) establish an NGO joint task force which can train with NGO's and deploy to a particular region without the ambiguity currently encountered by military forces.