Civil Affairs Issue Papers Volume 1, 2014-2015 Civil Affairs Issue Papers | Page 135

acceptable results. By identifying unstable conditions and leveraging whole of government efforts to deal with them before they become a problem, we have the potential to avoid large scale deployments that can be costly in lives and resources. In a resource constrained national security environment, the need for regional experts who can thrive in complex environments and work seamlessly with international civilian and military partners has never been greater. Army CA, with changes in doctrine, training, and force structure, can fill this role, based on the following recommendations: 1. Add Operational Preparation of the Environment to the list of core CA tasks. This is consistent with current doctrine and employment of CA and will clearly define CA’s Phase 0 capabilities to supported entities. 2. Develop a new paradigm to enable CF to conduct CMO more effectively. This change will mitigate risk to the Phase 4 mission and allow changing the balance of the CA force. Support to conventional units is best provided through better SOF-CF-JIIM interdependence and the development of hybrid command and planning structures at the strategic and operational levels as well as expanded S9 sections at the tactical level. This will also support the regional alignment of conventional forces. 3. Re-purpose the Reserve Component CAQC into a non-branch qualifying CMO Planner course for CF soldiers and expand S9 sections at the maneuver battalion and brigade levels in order to institutionalize CMO within maneuver forces. Employing CA qualified liaison elements with CF will solidify this interdependence. 116