AFRICOM

<p>History illustrates that without unity of command and a mechanism to enable unity of effort achieving strategic and regional objectives is rare. AFRICOM a newly established Combatant Command faces innumerable challenges within the continent of Africa from failed and failing states terrorist organizations a plethora of wars and ethnic cleansing massive starvation poverty and disease to name but a few. With every challenge however there exist just as many opportunities to enhance strategic partnership provide diplomatic economic and military assistance to failing states improve regional security capacity provide humanitarian assistance and build both physical and economic infrastructure. The most immediate challenge for AFRICOM is developing a mechanism or a means that will ensure the accomplishment of US strategic and regional objectives. This mechanism must be enabled through a command and control structure that provides unity of command for all elements of national power in order to alleviate bifurcated direction and guidance that currently plagues PRTs in Iraq and Afghanistan. AFRICOM must make bold recommendations to achieve unity of command that will establish trust within supporting US Government departments and agencies as well as with African nations. As a means AFRICOM should focus on results via a Provisional Reconstruction Team-Enhanced (PRT-E) to facilitate unity of effort and the accomplishment of US strategic and regional objectives.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>