Theater Military Advisory and Assistance Group (TMAAG)

[max161]

concept in its current form saying that it is not an Army requirement.

[Old Eagle]

That's the rumor floating around here. -- See post on "outsiders view" (or whatever). That piece just gets scarier and scarier.

[Ken White]

Posting rules preclude what I'd like to say. Sheesh.

[Old Eagle]

In the CSA's defense, TMAAG scratched only a small part of the security force assistance itch, and at substantial cost. TMAAG was Army only, Phase zero only, tactical only, training only, foreign militaries only. It still may have been a step in the right direction. The key now is to see how the USG develops the required capabilities and capacities to successfully engage with foreign security forces in order to build partner capacity.

The true SFA requirement is
joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational
across all phases of operations
from the ministerial/institutional level down to the individual soldier/policeman, border guard, etc
includes organizing, training, equipping, rebuilding and advising (incl combat, if necessary) those forces
includes military, police, paramilitary and infrastructure forces

The argument that "we'll never do another Iraq" is irrelavent. We need to actively build partner capacity before things "go south", but also to build potential coalition partners for future operations.

[Ron Humphrey]

The only way something like this is going to come about is through a government led effort and organization ?

Like USA oops forgot that's not happenin

[Ken White]

In the CSA's defense, TMAAG scratched only a small part of the security force assistance itch, and at substantial cost. TMAAG was Army only, Phase zero only, tactical only, training only, foreign militaries only. It still may have been a step in the right direction. The key now is to see how the USG develops the required capabilities and capacities to successfully engage with foreign security forces in order to build partner capacity.

Though I acknowledge a cost, I'm unsure the cost was that great.

The true SFA requirement is
joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational across all phases of operations from the ministerial/institutional level down to the individual soldier/policeman, border guard, etc. includes organizing, training, equipping, rebuilding and advising (incl combat, if necessary) those forces includes military, police, paramilitary and infrastructure forces.

Agreed, an that's indicative of one flaw in Goldwater-Nichols and the creation of Military tribunes...

The argument that "we'll never do another Iraq" is irrelavent. We need to actively build partner capacity before things "go south", but also to build potential coalition partners for future operations.

Very much true...