Building the Capacity of Partner States Through Security Force Assistance

<p>This report provides the following elements: An overview of the SFA rationale focused primarily on Department of Defense support for and relations with foreign security forces. Description of the possible employment of U.S. conventional forces and platforms in support of the SFA mission (see SFA in Current and Previous National Security Strategies ). Exploration of current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (see SFA Linkage to Iraq and Afghanistan Strategies ). Resident training capability in U.S. forces as a tool for geographic combatant commanders. Issues Congress may consider ( Do Legislative Authorities Restrict Conducting SFA? ) The report summarizes congressional reaction to SFA proposals and provides a detailed account of the issues raised by SFA concepts and programs. A glossary is also provided (see Glossary page 59).</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>