probably the most significant part of relationship-building and bringing everyone
together to achieve results, even those that seemed insignificant.
Recommendation.
My recommendations are limited because of the ever-changing dynamics of
leadership and priorities of effort. However, I recommend that civil-military
relationships/partnerships continue to be developed in Somalia. Allow seasoned
Civil Affairs officers with strong interpersonal skills to develop and strengthen
these relationships.
Implications.
If this recommendation is not followed, then there will be loss of momentum in
efforts to build key relationships with Somali officials, community leaders, and
AMISOM forces.
Event Description.
This lesson is based on personal experience from July to October 2016 at CJTF-
HOA.
Lesson Author: CPT Aleksandr Restrepo, Future Plans Officer,
S6, 403 rd CA Battalion
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Mogadishu, Somalia
(6 September 2016)
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Mosier,
403rd Civil Affairs Battalion
physician, center, shares
medical practices with African
Union Mission in Somalia
medics during a mass casualty
exercise, in Mogadishu,
Somalia, Sept. 6, 2016. During
the exercise, AMISOM and
Somali medics worked as teams
to treat life-threatening injuries
such as severe blood loss and
bullet wounds.
(Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force
photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin
Roughton, Combined Task
Force – Horn of Africa)
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