FOREWORD
The Stability Operations Lessons Learned &
Information Management System
(SOLLIMS) is an advanced knowledge
management database serving the global
Peace & Stability Operations (P&SO)
community and providing an online
environment for sharing information and
lessons learned.
[sollims.pksoi.org]
The Peacekeeping & Stability Operations
Institute (PKSOI) was initially
established in 1993 as the Peacekeeping
Institute, and its work has included
creation of the SOLLIMS database in
2008. As its mission, PKSOI
“collaboratively develops and integrates
peace and stability capabilities across the
US government, international
organizations, and the community of
interest in order to enable the success of
peace and stability activities
and missions.”
[pksoi.armywarcollege.edu]
PKSOI Publication Team
Publication Prepared by (Editor):
Mr. Christopher Flaherty,
FHA Lessons Learned Analyst
Reviewers:
Mr. Al Conley, FHA Training and Ed
Coordinator
Mr. Don Myers, FHA Doctrine
Cover Format:
Mr. Chris Browne,
Publications Coordinator
PKSOI Director:
COL Mike Rauhut
FHA Division Chief:
COL Dan O’Rourke
Thanks also to our guest contributors for authoring
lessons and to various SMEs for reviewing content.
Welcome to the 38th edition of the SOLLIMS
Lessons Learned Sampler– Foreign Humanitarian
Assistance: The Complexity of Considerations!
This lessons learned compendium contains just a
sample – thus the title ‘Sampler’ – of the observations,
insights, and lessons related to Foreign
Humanitarian Assistance available in the SOLLIMS
data repository. These lessons are worth sharing with
military commanders and their staffs, as well as with
civilian practitioners having a peacekeeping or stability
operations related mission or function, such as those
currently deployed on stability operations, those
planning to deploy, the institutional Army, the Joint
community, policy-makers, and other international
civilian and military leaders at the national and theater
level.
If you have not registered in SOLLIMS, the links in
the report will take you to the registration page. Take
a brief moment to register for an account in order to
take advantage of the many features of SOLLIMS and
to access the stability operations related products
referenced in the report, which can be accessed once
logged in to SOLLIMS.
We encourage you to take the time to provide us with
your perspective on any given lesson in this report or
on the overall value of the Sampler as a reference for
you and your unit/organization. By using the
‘Perspectives’ text entry box that is found at the end
of each lesson in the SOLLIMS database – seen when
you open the lesson in SOLLIMS – you can enter your
own personal comments on the lesson. We welcome
your input, and we encourage you to become a regular
contributor.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are those
of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy
or position of the Department of the Army, Department of
Defense, or the U.S. Government. All content in this document
to include any publications provided through digital attachment
is considered unclassified, for open access. This compendium
contains no restriction on sharing/distribution within the public
domain. Existing research and publishing norms and formats
should be used when citing Sampler content and any publications
provided.
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