The U.S. Army's innovative method of regionally aligning brigades to support Geographic Combatant Commanders will enable partner capacity success. Integrating Army National Guard brigades into this concept provides significant capabilities to support theatre campaign plans. The National Guard's experience in partnership with foreign nations, its unique skill sets, and its familiarity with multiple inter-agency partners provide a wider range of options to the Combatant Commander. The Army National Guard is best suited to implement a Smart Power application to security and stability operations in all COCOMs. An added benefit of including ARNG formations in the Regional Aligned Brigade concept is maintenance of its operational capability developed through the last decade of combat deployments. This capability is crucial to a strategic response capability for the United States that must not be lost as it has after past conflicts. Including the Army National Guard in the Regionally Aligned Brigade concept provides the COCOMs a critical capability to succeed in building partner capacity within their areas of responsibility.
Regional Alignment of Army National Guard Brigades: Employing the Guard for Success in Building Partner Capacity
2013
35 pages
Report
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English