Report To Congress On The Implementation Of Dod Directive 300005 Military Support For Stability Security Transition And Reconstruction Sstr Operations PDF Download

DoD Directive 3000.05 Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations supports National Security Presidential Directive 44 (NSPD-44), Management of Interagency Efforts Concerning Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations. Both reflect the understanding that stability operations require integrated efforts of all elements of national power, civilian and military. The greatest challenge to the U.S. Government's ability to conduct SSTR operations is the lack of integrated capability and capacity of civilian agencies with which the military must partner to achieve success. The U.S. Armed Forces can fill some of these gaps in civilian capacity in the short-term, but strategic success in SSTR operations will only be possible with (1) a robust architecture for unified civil-military action, and (2) substantially more resources devoted to making civilian U.S. Departments and Agencies operational and expeditionary. Recognizing that civilian Federal agencies lack capability to operate in high-risk environments, DoD Directive 3000.05 establishes the policy that DoD will work closely with relevant U.S. Departments and Agencies to create effective civilian-military teams for stability operations. The Department of Defense shall give stability operations "priority comparable to combat operations", and U.S. military forces shall be prepared to establish or maintain order when civilians cannot do so. In the first year of implementing DoD Directive 3000.05, there has been significant progress toward these goals. The Department of Defense has restructured principal agencies to add additional emphasis on stability operations.