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Airbornelawyer
03-15-2006, 17:08
United States Central Command Posture For 2006

GEN John Abizaid, USA

http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/3-15-06CENTCOMTestimony.pdf

PDF, 63 pages, 173 kB

All text; no glossy images like in the USASOC Posture Statement I posted earlier. Here is the Table of Contents: I. Introduction and Overview
II. Mission
III. Nature of the Region
IV. Global Counterterrorism and the Long WarA. The Nature of the Enemy
B. Principles of Global Counterterrorism and the Long War
C. Strategic Presence V. IraqA. Situation Overview
1. Coalition Forces
2. The Enemy B. Strategic Focus
C. Transitions and Timing VI. AfghanistanA. Situation Overview1. Coalition Forces
2. The Enemy B. Strategic Focus
C. Much Accomplished, Much More to Do VII. Horn of Africa and Yemen
A. Situation Overview
B. Strategic and Country Focus
C. Way Ahead: Internationalizing and Civilianizing VIII. Theater Security Cooperation and Other Regional PartnershipsA. Pakistan
B. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
C. Arabian Gulf States
D. Egypt
E. Jordan
F. Lebanon
G. Central Asian StatesIX. Iran and SyriaA. Iran
B. Syria X. Critical Mission EnablersA. A Strong Coalition
B. Interagency Coordination
C. Intelligence
D. Logistics
E. Strategic Sealift and Intra-Theater and Inter-Theater Airlift
F. Communications
G. Personnel
H. Flexible Spending Authority
I. Strategic Communications XI. Strategic IssuesA. Counter-IED and Force Protection
B. Contesting the Virtual World
C. Detainees XII. Joint Warfighting
XIII. Conclusion

Roycroft201
03-16-2006, 00:24
A very interesting read. Thanks for posting it, AL.




Roycroft201

Ruby2Shoes
03-17-2006, 17:24
Thanks from me too - a useful overview.