Joint Force Land Component Commander

Center for Strategic Leadership hosts the Joint Force Land Component Commander course

The Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) Course 1-10 was held at Carlisle Barracks 19-23 OCT 09. The JFLCC Course is a senior-officer level professional education course conducted at the US Army War College, under the direction of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The course prepares senior officers to function effectively as Land Component Commanders for theater-level operations conducted in a joint, multinational, and interagency environment. Attendees prepared themselves to formulate and execute complex land operations that will provide Combatant Commanders with a full spectrum of land dominance capabilities that are critical to accomplishing national policy objectives. The one-week long course is conducted three times each year at Carlisle Barracks, PA. The course is limited to 17 General Officers from all services in the grades of Brigadier through Lieutenant General. Some of the notable speakers addressing this course were: Chief of Staff Of the Army, GEN Casey; Commander TRADOC, GEN Dempsey; Commander JFCOM, Gen Mattis; Commander CENTCOM, GEN Petraeus; and Mr. John McNamara from the Department of State.

Poster from the C/JFLCC course 1-10

Publications

Dr. R. Craig Nation, USAWC, leads Force Planning discussions with Albanian Armed Forces planners.

Collins Center Update Volume 11, Issue 4 (Fall 2009)
The Collins Center Update is a quarterly newsletter detailing the activities of the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College. Articles in this issue include: "Economic Impacts of Defense Strategy Development: Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College", "Preparing for NATO Missions: Integrated Force Planning in the Albanian Armed Forces", "Welcome to the Information as Power Blog", and "Closing the Seams: Total Force Solutions for Defense Support to Civil Authorities."   Open publication

After five years and $2.4 million, the Kazbegi border crossing station was officially handed over to the Georgian government in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 4. The crossing is currently closed, but when the border opens again, the crossing station will play a vital role in ensuring the safe passage of peo Photo Credit: Carol Davis (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District)

Migration and Border Security: The Military's Role
Author(s): Prof. Bernard F. Griffard and Prof. Bert B. Tussing
With the world's population in almost constant motion, migration is an everyday reality. According to the United Nations, the global number of migrants more than doubled in recent years offering both opportunities and complications for governments.   Open publication

Bullets and Blogs: New Media and the Warfighter
Author(s): Deirdre Collings and Rafal Rohozinski
In recent years, adversaries, armed with new media capabilities and an information-led warfighting strategy, have proven themselves capable of challenging the most powerful militaries in the world. Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and blogs have arguably become as important to the strategic outcome of military operations as bullets, troops and air power.   Open publication

Kyle Monsees, network manager for U.S. Army North, tests communications within the Sentinel, a systems that can provide Internet, digital and analog communications down to the police officer or firefighter level on the street. The Fort Houston-based distaster response unit is in the Seattle area for National Photo Credit: AF Tech.Sgt. Larry Simmons

War is War
Author(s): Prof. Dennis Murphy and Rafal Rohozinski
The United States Army War College in partnership with The SecDev Group will conduct a workshop examining cyberspace operations from the warfighter's perspective. The workshop will be held 26 - 28 January 2010 at the Collins Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.   Open publication

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi Soldier based at Joint Security Station Aqur Quf hands out a bag of food to an Iraqi woman at a school in the village of Firra Shia west of Baghdad. 'I think it's important for the community to see that the IA and the government of Iraq care just as much about them as we do', said 1st Lt. Photo Credit: Sgt. Jon Soles, MND-B PAO

Food Security
Author(s): LTC (R) Brent C. Bankus and Cadet Jason Delosua
Human Security and its seven tenets, Economic Security, Food Security, Health Security, Environmental Security, Personal Security, Community Security and Political Security have added a new dimension to the national security paradigm. For a majority of Americans and western Europeans, sufficient food is readily accessible and its cost is a relatively small percentage of their annual income. This, however, is not the case for almost a billion people around the world, including large numbers in the strategically important states of Egypt, India, China...   Open publication

Last update: 20091110