Civil Affairs Issue Papers Volume 1, 2014-2015 Civil Affairs Issue Papers | Page 79

says, ”Recent and ongoing conflicts reinforce the need to balance the technological focus of Army modernization with a recognition of the limits of technology and an emphasis on the human, cultural, and political continuities of armed conflict.”18   (Italics added.)  It goes on to say, “The Army… prepares for security operations abroad including initial establishment of military government pending transfer of this responsibility to other authorities.”19 It later states, “The complexity of future armed conflict, therefore, will require Army forces capable of conducting missions in the homeland or in foreign lands including defense support of civil authorities, international disaster relief and humanitarian assistance, security cooperation activities, crisis response, or large-scale operations.”20 The Army core competency of wide area security “includes the essential stability tasks including: establish civil security; security force assistance; establish civil control; restore essential services; support governance; and support economic and infrastructure develop