DCD+-+Stability+Operations

** Contention One: Inherency ** ** Department of Defense practices doesn’t account for real cost of energy and fails to act despite recommendations ** **Defense Science Board** Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy “More Fight – Less Fuel”, February **  2008  ** http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-ESTF.pdf __**The recommendations from the 2001 D**__ efense __**S**__ cience __**B**__ oard Task Force __**Report**__ … ** The military just transitioned combat operations into stability operations in October this year creating a positive image in the international arena ** **Council**  **on**   **Foreign**   **Relations**  October  **2008** http://www.cfr.org/publication/17470/army_stability_operations_manual_field_manual_307_2008.html **__ The US Army released this field manual, … __** ** The advantage is Stability Operations ** ** Inefficient use of fuel is the key restraint on stability operations ** **Defense Science Board** Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy “More Fight – Less Fuel”, February **  2008  ** http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-ESTF.pdf The Task Force found that combat and **__combat related systems ….__** ** Stability operations are key to stop war, but energy problems make it unsustainable in the long term ** **LMI**  **Government**   **Consulting** , April  **2007**   http://www.oft.osd.mil/library/library_files/document_404_FT602T1_Transforming%20the%20Way%20DoD%20Looks%20at%20Energy_Final%20Report.pdf The security and __**military strategies for DoD require an energy-intense posture for conducting**__ both **__deterrence …__** Bruce **Nardulli**  is a RAND policy analyst who is leading a study on the role of the U.S. Army in fighting the global war on terrorism, RAND, Summer  **2002** , http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/rr.08.02/groundops.html More People, Places, and Things **__ The army already has long-term commitments of troops in such places as Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Sinai. In all likelihood… __** ** Stability operations key to world peace- reduces the risk of war, terrorism and economic collapse ** Lt General William **Caldwell** , commander of Combined Arms Center and Lt Colonel Steven Leonard author Field Manual (3/07) Stability Operations October 6  **2008**  http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/Repository/FM307/FM3-07.pdf 1-10. In the complex, dynamic strategic environment of the 21st century, __**significant challenges to sustainable peace and security persist across the spectrum of conflict**__. …. ** We’ll Isolate two specific scenarios ** ** Scenario one is Russia ** ** Russia’s invasion of Georgia is a demonstration of a grand strategy aimed at combating the US at every opportunity ** Robert **Kagan** , senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Washington Post, August 10  **2008** http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001871.html The events of the past week will be remembered that way, too. This war did not begin because of a miscalculation by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili…. ** Lack of Resources precludes influence in Russia ** Paul **Kennedy**  director of International Security Studies Yale, The Guardian August 16,  **2008**  p. 34 As for the US, the possible implications of the last week are many and serious…. ** This lack of influence only fuels Russian paranoia of US nuclear first strike ** John **Steinbruner**  director of the Center for International Security Studies, Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb  **2008**  http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008_01-02/steinbruner Meanwhile, the __** United States has explicitly advanced a national security strategy of pre-emptive attack on potential enemies **__ … **The**  **American**   **Prospect** , February 26  **2001**  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11785140_ITM Hair-trigger alert means this: The missiles carrying those warheads are armed and fueled at all times. …. William  **Courtney** , former ambassador to Georgia and Kenneth Yalowitz, former ambassador to Belarus, Washington Post August 23,  **2008**  , http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202557.html Dwelling on Tbilisi's mistakes in the face of Russia's brazen provocations and threats would egg on chauvinist forces in Moscow…. **Islamdoor** December 15  **2006** http://www.islamdoor.com/Terror.htm __**The perception in the Middle East is that US policy does not serve the peoples interests**__ ; …. Alasdair **Palmer** , columnist, The Age, April 30,  **2008**  http://www.theage.com.au/cgibin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/04/29/1209234860118.htm lONE of **__the most terrifying possibilities the world faces is that al-Qaeda, or some other Islamist group, gets hold of a nuclear bomb…….__** Mohamed **SID AHMED** Al-Ahram Political Analyst, Al Ahram Weekly September 1 **2004**  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/705/op5.htm What would be the consequences of __**a nuclear attack by terrorists**__ ? Even if it fails, it __**would**__ further **__exacerbate the negative features ….__** ** Stability operations would transform the military while creating a positive image of the military in the international arena ** Richard **Weitz**  is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a World Politics Review contributing editor, World Politics Review, February 25  **2008**  http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1660 __**The U.S. Army**__ is slated to __**publish a new operations manual**__ this month that equates __**achieving success in stability operations**__ with winning offensive and defensive battles…. ** Stability operations creates support and a positive image of the military in the international arena ** Lt General William **Caldwell** , commander of Combined Arms Center and Lt Colonel Steven Leonard author Field Manual (3/07) Stability Operations October 6  **2008**  http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/Repository/FM307/FM3-07.pdf 1-28. __**Legitimacy is central to building trust and confidence among the people. Legitimacy is a multifaceted principle that impacts every aspect of stability operations**__ ….. Lt General William **Caldwell** , commander of Combined Arms Center and Lt Colonel Steven Leonard author Field Manual (3/07) Stability Operations October 6  **2008**  http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/Repository/FM307/FM3-07.pdf 2-17. __**Perception is also a major factor for military forces**__ ; ….. Lt General William **Caldwell** , commander of Combined Arms Center and Lt Colonel Steven Leonard author Field Manual (3/07) Stability Operations October 6  **2008**  http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/Repository/FM307/FM3-07.pdf 2-72. __**In stability operations**__, leader and Soldier engagement may be the most critical component of information engagement. **__…..__**  Staff Sargent C. Todd  **Lopex** , Air Force Print News, Army News Service Feb 25,  **2008** http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/02/mil-080225-arnews01.htm WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 25, 2008) -- __**Soldiers have been**__ in Iraq keeping the peace, battling insurgents, **__protecting civilians and helping to rebuild that country….__** **Defense Science Board** Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy “More Fight – Less Fuel”, February **  2008  ** http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-ESTF.pdf How systems are operated also significantly affects fuel consumption. ……. Michael J.  **Hornitschek**  is Vice Commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash  [|Air Force Journal of Logistics], [|Fall, **2006**] http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBO/is_3_30/ai_n18618914/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1 Arguably __**, it is the report's**__ third **__suggestion, "Have leadership incentivize fuel efficiency throughout the DoD," …..__** **Defense Science Board** Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy “More Fight – Less Fuel”, February **  2008  ** http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-ESTF.pdf The payoff to DoD from reduced fuel demand in terms of mission effectiveness and human lives is probably greater than for any other energy user in the world **__. ….__**  Lawrence  **Farrell** , former Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, U.S. Air Force, National Defense Industrial Association July  **2007** http://www.ndia.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Resources1/Presidents_Corner2/July_2007.htm Our conclusions in the study, in many ways, brought full circle concerns I have had for some time about the __**role of energy as a key determinant of success on the battlefield**__ …….
 * Plan: The Department of Defense should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States by offering monetary awards to soldiers equal to the amount saved for energy conservation. Ask and we'll clarify.**
 * US Military will inevitably be involved in a range of global circumstances **
 * The impact is nuclear extinction **
 * Stability Operations deter Russian Aggression **
 * Scenario Two is Al- Queda Terrorism **
 * Perceptions of current foreign policies fuels anti US sentiment fueling terrorism **
 * Anti US sentiment has fueled Al-Qaida to acquire nuclear weapons **
 * Nuclear terrorist attack leads to extinction turning all disad impacts **
 * Stability operations create a positive perception of the military through information engagement and credibility **
 * Stability operations reverse the bad perception of hegemony- creates trust and confidence within the international arena **
 * A strategic shift to stability operations will solves terrorism **
 * Contention Two: Solvency **
 * Incentives for individual units would transform the military’s policies on energy **
 * Incentives for energy efficiency creates the leadership needed for stability operations **
 * Plan will have a multiplier effect in the military overcoming multiple barriers to ineffectiveness **
 * Energy efficiency improves stability operations **