INVITATION TO SPEAK TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE OFFICER COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE

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• Publication Date: October 3, 1972
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THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE OFFICER PROGRAM AND MAO C&SC
Army Regulation (AR) 614-134 dated 30 Jun 71 outlines the policies
and procedures governing the Military Assistance Officer Program (MAOP);
a Department of the Army Special Career Program established to identify
and develop commissioned officers for assignment to politico-military
positions. The objective of the program is to produce a sufficient number
of qualified officers to maintain continuous fill of key MAOP positions
The key phrase in the foregoing statement of purpose, "politico-
military positions," is subsequently defined by the AR in the context
of activities, as follows:
"...Politico-military activities are the complex of mili-
tary operations which are conducted primarily for their
direct social, economic, political and psychological
impact. Operationally, the concept includes such functions
as the developmental aspects of stability operations, civil
affairs operations to include civic action, psychological
operations, militar assistance programming, advising on
foreign country information and community relations pro-
grams., and other military staff functions having signifi-
cant socio-political connotations."
The cfficial.,.-llpartment of the Army description of the MAOP as contained
in an inclosure to letters that are sent to individuals invited to join
the program says:
"The MAOP is a highly selective program which will develop
officers, already qualified in their basic branch, who are
qualified to deal with complex politico-military activities
which confront senior military commanders and staff officers
in many assignments. Functioning as a commander or staff
officer, the Military Assistance Officer is an advisor,
diagnostician, planner, coordinator, or supervisor--depend-
ing on mission and circumstance. He will be expected to
perform over the full spectrum of US Army involvement in
any given environment, from the initial provision of Military
Assistance, in the early stages of stability operations,
through high intensity conflict.
"At the highest levels, officers will be trained for and
assigned to such offices as International Security Affairs
of DOD; the Office of Politico-Military Affairs in the
Department of State under the State-DOD exchange program;
in ODCSOPS and in certain areas of the Joint Staff. They
will serve in assignments dealing with the formulation of
national, military, and politico-military policy and doctrine.
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The Military Assistance Offi cer Program and MAO &SC (cont' d )
"In the field commands, the MAOP officer takes the national,
military and politico-military policy and doctrine, and develops
operational plans to accomplish the commander's mission To do
this, he must understand the socio-political objective of the
mission, as well as the military objective. This requires a
thorough knowledge of the social, economic, political, and
psychological factors in the area of operations, and their rel-
evance to the mission.
At the operating level, the MAOP officer performs activities
that have a direct economic, political, social, and psychological
impact..
"He {the MAOP officer) must be an expert in teaching a cadre
self-help, self--defense, and self-government..
"-Officers r_~ntering this program will learn early their
soldier-statesman role and be better prepared to conduct oper-
ations which lead to the prevention of armed conflict as well
as to wage war in the classic sense "
The correlation between the academic, functional, and military
qualifications already described, and the level and scope of duties
embraced by the DA description of the MAOP, is readily apparent.
The 23-week Military Assistance Officer Command and Staff Course
may be best understood in terms of four major phases of instruction,
augmented by an electives program, a guest speaker program, a field trip
to Washington and a course-culminating two-day symposium.
PHASE I: Operational Environment Phase I provides an introduction
to the geo-political environment of the 1970's; twenty-four hours of
seminar in one of four geographical regions of the world (sub-Saharan
Africa, Middle-East, Latin America and Asia) on the geography, demography,
history, culture, religions, societies, political dynamics, economic systems,
external relations, military affairs, and influence of the United States,
Communist powers and other nations in the region; instruction in the
academic and professional disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology,
political science, economics and law as the concepts and analytical metho-
dology of such disciplines contribute to understanding the processes of
modernization, change, conflict and intercultural communications; and a
practical exercise in which the students in each regional seminar make an
assessment of the potential for internal conflict within a country in their
regional focus.
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The Military Assistance Officer Program and MAO C&SC front"dj
Phase I consists of 135 hours of instruction augmented by 20 hours
of guest speaker presentations and seminars., Guest speakers address topics
one The World Scene: Foreign Policy Perspective'; The World Scene: Security
Perspective"; "The Developing World: Confrontation of Ideologies"; "Progress
and Change In the Non-Industralized World"; "Development as a,Source of
Social System Disorder"; "Conflict and Insurgency: The Era of Little Wars";
and "The Political Role of the Military in Less Developed Nations."
PHASE 11: Considerations for National _Plan_n_' pg. Phase II addresses
the complexities and interdependence of-internal development and internal
defense requirements, programs, plans, and operations. The purpose of
this phase is to enable the students to identify the manner in which
natural and human resources, energy, and information are managed in less
developed nations. The phase includes a practical exercise on the
development requirements of a selected country in each region with emphasis
on the potential of actual involvement of the country's military in
development and another exercise in which the students prepare an internal
defense and development estimate.
Phase II consists of 119 hours of instruction augmented by 17 hours of
guest speaker presentations and seminars on: "The Dynamics of Modernization:
Theory Versus Practice"; "Development Planning: 'Lessons of Experience";
"Defense and Development: Resource Competitors in Less Developed Countries"'
"The Military Role:. Providing Internal Security"; and Urban Insurgency
movements - Nature and Countermeasures,"
PHASE III: Security Assistance. Phase =II addresses US security
assistance, the US organization for assistance and the national factors
that have direct. bearing on US policy. 'The purpose of this phase is to
prepare the student to act'as a manager in execution of US security
assistance programs or in design of plans, The phase culminates in the
Students preparing security assistance plans for selected countries,
The student plans are presented to a "Country Team" chaired by officers
from Department of State and United States Information Agency. Desk
officers from various governmental agencies participate in the exercise
as resource people. The U,S Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps address
their responsibilities and capabilities in providing military assistance.
Phase III consists of 152 hours of instruction augmented by 21 hours
of guest speaker presentations and seminars on the following topics:
"Policy Analysis and Resources Allocation"; "US Foreign Policy: The
Congressional Perspective"; "The Department of State and Politico-Military
Affairs"; "The National Security Council and US Foreign Policy"; "DA
Considerations and Constraints in Military Assistance"; CONUS and World-
wide Training of LDC Forces"; and "National Security Assistance and the
Media "
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The Mil itAssistance Officer Prograrn and MAO C&SC cont'd
PHASE IV: Civil-Military Operations. This final instructional
phase assures that the student developsa working knowledge of the
managerial and staff responsibilities of the civil-military operations
officer (CMO) with particular emphasis placed on managing psychological
operations and civil affairs resources and activities. There is one
case study on CMO contingency planning using the Dominican Republic Crisis
of 1965. A practical exercise on CMO responsibilities in a mid to high
intensely conventional warfare environment culminates the phase.
Phase IV consists of 61 hours of instruction augmented by an additional
9 hours of guest speaker presentations and seminars on: "The Role of the
Military Assistance Officer in Contingency Planning"; "Politico-Military
Operations in the 1970's: and "Role of International Law in Policy Decisions."
The electives program provides an opportunity for the students to
pursue individual educational endeavors by taking graduate courses from
North Carolina State Universit"f; participating in special seminars run by
the Institute for Military Assistance; by conducting individual research;
or by participating in one of more than a dozen language courses.
Aweek long field trip to Washington is scheduled mid to three quarters
way through the course to permit the students to have conferences with
representatives'from government and private agencies in the Washington area
who are concerned with U.S international relations and international secur-
ity assistance programs and objectives.
The Bi--annual Military Assistance Symposimum culminates the course with
two days of panels, conferences, seminars, presentation of professional
papers and discussions with military and civilian experts, former students,
MAO Program members, USAIMA Staff and Faculty and others participating-
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TITLE: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Abroad
SCOPE: Relationships, liaison, and coordination with other U.S.
governmental organizations assigned in foreign countries;
responsibilities, status, and participation on the country
team; linitations and restrictions on CIA capabilities and
operations; relationships with host country services; inter-
face of CIA with military assistance programs and activities;
charnels of liaison and coordination between the Agency and
the military assistance officer.
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