Download or read book Planning and Education for Civil-military Operations written by Terry D. Lindon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Department of Defense is hampered by a three-part problem: Due to a structural professional military education deficiency civil affairs officers lack the planning capability needed for the conduct of joint civil-military operations at the operational and strategic levels; There is insufficient staff structure at the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands to leverage civil affairs officer/civil-military operations planning capabilities in support of full spectrum operations; The civil-military operations planning capability gap has its roots in the tactically focused, service specific training programs. An advanced professional military education program designed to instruct civil affairs officers for the operational and strategic levels of planning has been through the proof of concept stage but needs widespread implementation in order for the specialty to continue to evolve and remain relevant to the Department of Defense."--Abstract