Colombia is the largest recipient of U.S. monetary and military aid in Latin America. As the U.S. enters its sixth year in the war on terror, the U.S Navy has a unique opportunity to support Colombia and redefine maritime security operations. This thesis will discuss shifting conventional naval forces away from traditional roles into the realm of irregular warfare. With the creation of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, the Navy has an irregular warfare force capable of conducting Foreign Internal Defense (FID). This force, if deployed to Colombia, would re-energize not only U.S. efforts to combat the war on drugs, but also simultaneously support Colombian efforts in counter- insurgency. By analyzing policy, doctrine, and conventional naval forces, this thesis will emphasize the need to expand the role of the U. S. Navy to include FID, thereby reducing the operational burdens of U.S. Special Forces. With three to five years of dedicated emphasis on irregular warfare, the U.S. Navy will have the capability to execute FID in Colombia. This shift to irregular warfare will build Colombian capacity, enhance regional maritime security, combat drugs, and help to fight insurgency in Colombia.
Use of Conventional U.S. Naval Forces to Conduct FID in Colombia
2009
73 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , International Relations , Naval operations , National security , Military assistance , Defense systems , Special operations forces , Colombia , Insurgency , Military forces(United states) , Theses , Fid(Foreign internal defense) , Irregular warfare , Conventional forces
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