The Battle Within

<p>With the recent war in Afghanistan and Iraq one common theme heard throughout the military was there was no hand off between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State (DOS) which led to slow stabilization of these two countries and embroiled the United States in a long protracted war. With this dilemma in mind this research paper will attempt to answer the question: What can the Department of Defense and other US agencies do to achieve synergy for future conflicts? This paper analyzes the newly created U.S. Africa Command and its goals of creating a new organization where the DOD and other interagency organizations are melded into the same organization and will work together to exploit all of the capabilities each organization possesses. Additionally this paper examines the Department of State sponsored Interagency Management System initiative and this efforts to also coordinate interagency efforts and provide a single U.S. government approach to reconstruction and stabilization operations. Finally each organization's strengths and weaknesses are compared and contrasted and provides recommendations that meld the strengths of both into one National Security Council owned organization with an interagency focused mission.</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>