STABILITY OPERATIONS IBD

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Since 9/11, our nation has had to focus its foreign policy on failing, failed, and fragile states. The U.S government has struggled not only with using the correct compliment of instruments of power with regard to stability and reconstruction operations but with also integrating them when required. The Department of State?s Coordinator for Stabilization and Reconstruction was stood up in 2004 to the lead U.S. government agency in these operations. However, the struggle continues as the office has neither the authority, funding or internal capacity to effectively integrate all agencies across the government. This paper addresses the current issues with the existing construct and identifies that the Department of Defense must be able to complete tasks when the civilian capability is not able such as in a non-permissive environment. The argument is that the U.S Air Force has within its support structure, many of the skills sets required to accomplish many of the tasks required in all phases. However, the Air Force has had a myopic view of how to adapt to meet today?s requirements. Therefore, this paper provides a methodical review of capabilities and the changes required to training, doctrine, education, and force structure to enable the Air Force to respond to the full spectrum of operations. Additionally, the recommendation will suggest creating a new Air Force Specialty Code in order to maintain the cultural and language nuances of a respective geographic area and build relationship with the interagency as well as other actors. Creating a new Air Force will develop and focus leaders to work collaboratively among all of the actors involved in addressing instability problems caused by F3 states.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.