{"title":"The Case for an Army Stability Professional","authors":"Andrew B. Colvin","doi":"10.55540/0031-1723.3206","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The US Army is unprepared to occupy and stabilize territory because it does not adequately educate active-duty off icers to do so. One way to professionalize the Army’s ability to carry out mil itary government and stabi l it y operations is to develop active-duty functional area off icers who can advise commanders and integrate staff planning for these operations. This article analyzes case studies, doctrine, and commentary to envision specia l ized staff off icers with foreign language prof iciency, cultural sk i l ls, advanced academic abi l it ies, and a st rong professiona l ethic. These off icers would enhance the Army’s competence in stabilizing territory to achieve American policy objectives.","PeriodicalId":131540,"journal":{"name":"The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.55540/0031-1723.3206","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The US Army is unprepared to occupy and stabilize territory because it does not adequately educate active-duty off icers to do so. One way to professionalize the Army’s ability to carry out mil itary government and stabi l it y operations is to develop active-duty functional area off icers who can advise commanders and integrate staff planning for these operations. This article analyzes case studies, doctrine, and commentary to envision specia l ized staff off icers with foreign language prof iciency, cultural sk i l ls, advanced academic abi l it ies, and a st rong professiona l ethic. These off icers would enhance the Army’s competence in stabilizing territory to achieve American policy objectives.