Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
Now my question is, where are those people? Where were they? If we have people tasked for the purpose of standing up a government, are they doing it? Were they trying in 2003? Were they even in theater? Are they now?

Assuming that we have properly identified the skill sets necessary to do this, and tasked the job appropriately (at least on paper), do we have nearly enough of these people to do the task that they have purportedly been given?
Schmedlap,

Google Links for On Point

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…and On Point II

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The U.S. Army's Combat Studies Institute describes this report as the "US Army's first historical study of its campaign in Iraq in the decisive eighteen months following the overthrow of the Baathist regime in April 2003." It "examines both the high-level decisions that shaped military operations after May 2003 as well as the effects of those decisions on units and Soldiers who became responsible for conducting those operations".
These are very large documents and I have only sampled portions of them, however this would be a starting point from an official standpoint.

JFQ has an article on Civil Affairs manning

From a personal standpoint, Civil Affairs needs more troops...