PSOTEW Workgroup 6 was centered around Stability
Ops Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum
( JROCM) Task #16: “Develop appropriate Professional
Military Education (PME) on support to military governance
to non-CA officers in the conventional force. Considerations
include a three tier approach (primary, intermediate and senior
level courses) using current military education venues (or in
partnership with a civilian academic institution) that includes
IA and NGO mission partner participation.” The ultimate goal
of this task (and the Workgroup) is to provide principles, tenets,
best practices, and historical examples to enable commanders to
provide sound guidance, properly employ CA assets, and quality-check the results of the staff.
The intent of the Workgroup was to develop a program of
instruction that would be nested within education on Stability
Operations, and the Workgroup sought to answer three primary
questions:
1. What concepts & tasks should we teach?
2. What is the appropriate level and depth of coverage for
each concept or task?
3. What is the best approach to teaching each concept or
task?
various levels in the PME system. Collaboration will continue
between participants with the endstate of establishing formal
programs of instruction and associated products for integration
into PME.
Workgroup 6 Participants:
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PKSOI (co-lead)
IMSG (co-lead)
USAJFKSWCS
USACAPOC (A)
95th CA BDE
3rd Army/USARCENT
HQDA G3/5 (DAMO-SSO)
Combined Arms Center - Training
National Defense University – CCO
USMC - CMOS
Air War College
Naval War College
Center for Civil-Military Relations
Foreign Service Institute
Engagement Group
Stanford University - Peace Innovation Lab
Joint Staff J-7 Lessons Learned
As the Workgroup dove into deep discussions, many key issues
emerged. While some of the terminology is in flux, the principles and requirements for governance remain steady. The group
endeavored to consider the full continuum of governance—
from support to civil administration in friendly territory to
military government. Regardless of the location on the spectrum, understanding the environment and the societal context
is critical. The concept of “alternate forms of governance” (vs
“ungoverned”) was considered, and discussion focused on how
to incorporate these alternatives into the larger governance
picture. Lastly, there have been many historic lessons on the
military's role in governance that needs to be incorporated into
education.
The group developed six topics to be addressed at the tactical,
operational, and strategic level:
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Responsibilities and authorities (Law of War, etc.)
Basics of government, principles of governance
Military role in support to governance
DOD capabilities (CA, etc.) and how to employ
Roles/capabilities of other actors ( JIIM, etc.)
Analyzing/accounting for societal context
The way ahead for the group is to build upon content and
support material from the initial matrix of topics to be taught at
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