Building Partnership Capacity

<p>The Department of Defense is transforming to meet a changing strategic environment. A prime example of this transformation is a strategic shift from the US military performing specific wartime tasks to a focus on building partner capacity (BPC). This shift is visible in the Air Force Irregular Warfare Strategy which emphasizes the need to build the capabilities of US partner nations. While it is clear that BPC is a critical emerging mission that the Air Force should embrace the real question is how? Security cooperation is an inherently complex and difficult undertaking. Regardless of the countries involved these programs require years of effort and vast amounts of resources to deliver measurable returns and continuity is critical. Leveraging the unique capabilities of the Air National Guard (ANG) to build the capacity of nation-states in critical regions of the world is a smart option for several reasons. Most notably the ANG can establish enduring relationships with partner nations and ANG airmen have civilian competencies that are compatible with the BPC mission set.</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>