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FEIWS Concept Brief CAPT Tom Robertson, Senior Director
robertso@usna.edu
410-293-6262 United States Naval Academy
Forum On Emerging and Irregular Warfare Studies (FEIWS)<br>
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Introductions CAPT Tom Robertson, USN - Director
LTC Jon Klug, USA - Director
LT J. T. Kadz, USN - Deputy Director
FEIWS (pronounced “Fuse”)<br>
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IRREGULAR TRADITIONAL DISRUPTIVE TERRORISM Emerging Security Challenges<br>
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Questions for Midshipmen What factors drive changes in our human world?
What most determines who wins wars?
Are you doing your best to understand these factors and prepare yourself to lead in our changed and changing world? “Every day you spend here at USNA, you are building your foundation for understanding and for leadership.”<br>
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USNA CHARTER: Non-Technical (Group 3) Courses Teach midshipmen how to think critically
“How do I solve a complex problem when there is no checklist or easy answers?”
Historical depth, language skills, regional expertise and cultural knowledge (LREC)<br>
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FEIWS Charter To increase understanding and facilitate discussions of emerging and irregular warfare.
Focus on culturally, technologically and historically informed discussions of contemporary military operations and tactics.
Link theory/ doctrine with practice and to leverage academic scholarship to help understand real-world military operations.<br>
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FEIWS Approach Faculty (military and civilian) collaboration to share papers, conference presentations, recent cultural or combat experience and research projects (USNA and international).
Coursework development
USNA Yard-wide presentations by group members or outside speakers to faculty, staff and midshipmen followed by small-group discussion or classroom visits.<br>
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FEIWS Concept Collaboration
Coursework development
Outside speaker collaboration through Special Operations Command Interagency Partnership Program and others<br>
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Progress at USNA: Emerging Warfare/ Irregular Warfare (Some examples)<br>
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FEIWS Center of Excellence Counter Terror (CT)
Reference CTC, U. S. Military Academy, West Point
Counter Proliferation (CP)
On-going collaboration with USSOCOM IAPP in support of Special Operations Support Teams’ (SOST) request for connection to academia
Counter Threat Finance (CTF)
On-going collaboration with DHS ICE and ASD SO/LIC<br>
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Nine FEIWS-affiliated military faculty members have been deployed from USNA as advisors in embedded training teams or to senior operational staffs in Afghanistan and Iraq. History Department
CAPT Hagerott: Strategic Initiatives Group, NTM-A, 2009-2010
CAPT Felker: Command Historian, NTM-A, 2010-2011
CAPT Robertson: Embedded Afghan Advisor, NMAA, NTM-A, 2010
Augment Pilot, CJTF 82 Afghanistan, 2008
Augment Pilot, MAG-16 REIN Iraq, 2006
LtCol Berry, USMC: MEU Det OIC, AV-8B, 2012
Embedded Advisor, NMAA, NTM-A, 2010
LtCol Aaron O’Connell, USMCR, Gen. Petreaus Staff, ISAF-A, 2010-2011
LTC Klug, USA: Strategic Planner/ GSG-5 Advisor, IJC, 2012-2013 Deputy SIG, NTM-A, 2009-2010
Company Commander/ Regimental Planner, 3ACR, 2003
Political Science Department
Lt Fletcher: Embedded Advisor, NMAA, NTM-A, 2010
Math Department
LT Heineike: Embedded Advisor, NMAA, NTM-A, 2010
Chemistry Department
LT Bodemer: Embedded Advisor, NMAA, NTM-A, 2010<br>
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Findings USNA FEIWS is currently an ad hoc and unfunded group. Possible partners, synergies (international collaboration) or funding sources – USNA Warfare Center of Excellence and/or connection with Cyber Center.
Relationships within the IW community are essential to improving our groups, staffing the war effort and also in disseminating lessons learned.
Potential exists to create a single point of contact “reachback” pool of expertise for use by combatant commanders linking with U. S. Military and other government agency capabilities.<br>
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Questions? robertso@usna.edu<br>
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Background slides<br>
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USNA Strengths in this Area High level of midshipman interest- “How can I get involved …?”
Early foundation for future thought and development (Mids not yet “indoctrinated”)
USNA grads become small unit leaders soon after graduation “where the rubber meets the road”
Military instructors experience: active involvement -recently returned from Iraq, Afghanistan and Horn of Africa
Interdisciplinary cooperation<br>
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USNA Challenges in this Area Core course syllabi not specifically designed to target Irregular and Emerging Warfare
Targeted courses available to only a small percentage of the student population
Current progress is largely based on military instructor initiative – if the instructor transfers, the course often dies
Lack of coordination with post-graduate and other institutions (need networking/ relationships to help build the right foundation)<br>
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Example Course - HH386 The History of Modern Counterinsurgency Block 1 – The Nature of Irregular Warfare
Block 2 – Counterinsurgency case studies: British Afghanistan and Malaya, French Indochina and Algeria, Soviet Afghanistan among others
Block 3 – Insurgency and COIN Theory
Block 4 – The U. S. Experience with Irregular Warfare (1776 to Present)
Block 5 – Non-state entities and emerging warfare<br>
