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United States Naval Academy Forum On Emerging and Irregular Warfare Studies (FEIWS). CAPT Tom Robertson, Senior Director [email protected] 410-293-6262. FEIWS Concept Brief. Introductions. CAPT Tom Robertson, USN - Director LTC Jon Klug, USA - Director - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FEIWS Concept Brief
CAPT Tom Robertson, Senior Director
410-293-6262
United States Naval Academy
Forum On Emerging and Irregular Warfare Studies
(FEIWS)
Introductions
• CAPT Tom Robertson, USN - Director
• LTC Jon Klug, USA - Director
• LT J. T. Kadz, USN - Deputy Director
• FEIWS (pronounced “Fuse”)
HYBRID WARS
IRREGULAR
TRADITIONALDISRUPTIVE
TERRORISM
Emerging Security Challenges
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.”
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)
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.
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.
Faculty and Midshipmen
Collaboration Combat
Experience/ Cultural Experience
FEIWS
U.S. SOCOM IAPP and
other outside partners
FEIWS Concept • Collaboration
• Coursework development
• Outside speaker collaboration through Special Operations Command Interagency Partnership Program and others
Progress at USNA: Emerging Warfare/ Irregular Warfare (Some examples)
HH367A Mercenaries, Empire & War: History of India Pakistan & Afghanistan
HH367B History and Culture of Iran
HH367C War, Conflict, and Insurgency in Africa
HH367D The U.S. in Africa since 1700
HH367E Modern Pakistan, Militant Islam and America
HH372 The Golden Age of Piracy
HH377A Religion and ViolenceHH377B History of TechnologyHH367D Vietnam War: An Indigenous
History
HH385 The U.S. Marine Corps
HH386A History of Modern Counterinsurgency
HH386B The American Way of War
HH386C The History of Airpower
HH462A History of Technology in Peace and War
HH462B Chinese Art of War
HH485A Disruptive Technology and Education
NE 203 Ethics and Moral Reasoning for the Naval Leader
FP 384 The Politics of Irregular Warfare
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
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, 2003Political 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
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.
Questions?
Background slides
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
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)
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