Category Lesson Reports & SOLLIMS Samplers

This Special Edition – Lessons on Stability Operations from U.S. Army War College Students (2014) compendium provides a number of lessons learned submitted by U.S. Army War College students while attending elective courses on stability operations.  These lessons cover the following topics: improving local governance in Iraq; early reconstruction and security issues in Iraq; interagency teaming in southern Afghanistan; management/control over the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP); integration opportunities between the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and USAID; requirements for Training & Education on stability operations; development challenges in northern Mexico; and, a planning tool/strategy for development and capacity-building.

Welcome to the April 2014 edition of the Stability Operations Lessons Learned and Information Management System (SOLLIMS) Lessons Learned “Sampler” – Overcoming “Challenges & Spoilers” with “Unity & Resolve.” The general structure of the “Sampler” includes (1) an Introduction that provides an operational or doctrinal perspective for the content, (2) the Sampler “Quick Look” that provides a short description of the topics included within the Sampler and a link to the full text, (3) the primary, topic-focused Stability Operations (SO)-related Lesson Report, and (4) links to additional reports and other references that are either related to the focus” topic or that address current, real-world, SO-related challenges. To read or download this SOLLIMS Sampler click on the link or download button below.

A safe and secure environment is one in which the population has the freedom to pursue daily activities without the fear of persistent or large-scale violence. Such an environment is characterized by absence of conflict; the protection of citizens, communities, government officials, infrastructure, and cultural/historical sites; the freedom for people and goods to move about the country and across borders without fear of harm; and, an adequate level of “public order.” “Public order” is the condition whereby laws are enforced equitably; the lives, property, freedoms, and rights of individuals are protected; criminal and politically motivated violence has been reduced to a minimum; and, criminal elements – from looters and rioters to leaders of organized crime networks – are pursued, arrested, and detained. Without question, police forces are critical enablers for both “public order” and the establishment of a safe and secure environment.

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This SOLLIMS Sampler presents several “enablers” for peacekeeping and stability operations – specific resources, systems, and tools that have worked particularly well in support of recent and ongoing operations, including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and several peacekeeping operations in Africa. 

In Academic Year 2013, U.S. Army War College students in PKSOI elective courses were given the opportunity to enter a Lesson Learned (gained from operational experience) into the SOLLIMS database. Over 80 Lessons Learned were captured, covering topics such as Governance, Security Sector Reform, Economic Stabilization, and Comprehensive Approach. The vast majority have Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) applications. The overriding theme of their Lessons Learned is essentially: “Building upon the Past to Gain Economies and Success in the Future,”

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This edition of the SOLLIMS Sampler focuses on “multinational operations” – presenting a number of lessons learned from the SOLLIMS database from recent peacekeeping and stability operations, and developing common threads and recommendations for future operations

Recent stability operations have demonstrated the critical nexus between leadership and “understanding / engaging the people” during stability operations.  This publication presents a number of lessons from the SOLLIMS database covering the impacts/influences of leadership through informed engagements with societal groups during stability operations.

This report provides a selection of current lessons from the SOLLIMS database – highlighting the growing importance of civilian protection, its challenges for international forces, and the various actions they have taken to enhance mission success.

Targeting Peace & Stability Ops Lessons & Best Practices. This lessons-learned compendium contains just a sample – thus the title of “sampler” – of the observations, insights, and lessons related to Economic Stabilization available in the SOLLIMS data repository. These observations are worth sharing with military commanders and their staffs, as well as civilian practitioners with a Stability Operations-related mission / function – those currently deployed into conflict environments, those planning to deploy, the institutional Army, policy makers and other international civilian and military leaders at the national and theater level.

This SOLLIMS Sampler Volume 2 Issue 1- Transition to Local Governance compendium contains just a sample – thus the title of “sampler” – of the observations, insights, and lessons related to Economic Stabilization available in the JKO data repository transferred from the former SOLLIMS database. These observations are worth sharing with military commanders and their staffs, as well as civilian practitioners with a Stability Operations-related mission / function – those currently deployed into conflict environments, those planning to deploy, the institutional Army, policy makers and other international civilian and military leaders at the national and theater level.