09-09-2014, 06:50 PM
NATO MILITARY FORCE
One NATO topic that I'm really interested in is the progress of building CFI. I'm hoping that was addressed last week and there will be some updates when the consolidated summit notes are released.
Having a viable multi-national military force is something that I strongly support. I'd like to see the United States remain a solid leader, but don't like seeing the United States as the country expected to always charge in when there is a foreign threat which impacts many countries and allies across the globe.
Here's the last bit published about CFI earlier this year.
After 2014, NATO is expected to shift its emphasis from operational engagement to operational preparedness. This means NATO will need to remain capable of performing its core tasks - described in its Strategic Concept¹ - and of maintaining its forces at a high level of readiness. To help achieve this, Allied leaders have set out the goal of ‘NATO Forces 2020’: modern, tightly connected forces that are properly equipped, trained, exercised and led. The Connected Forces Initiative (CFI) will help maintain NATO’s readiness and combat effectiveness through expanded education and training, increased exercises and better use of technology.
After the end of the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan, CFI will build on the Alliance’s experience - including lessons learned from 20 years of operations - to ensure that Allies can work even more effectively together and with partners.
The main requirements of CFI are to ensure that Allies can communicate, train and operate together effectively, and that NATO has increasing opportunities to validate and certify their ability to do so. The NATO Response Force will also play an important role in this context by providing a vehicle both to demonstrate operational readiness and serve as a “testbed” for Alliance transformation.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_98527.htm
One NATO topic that I'm really interested in is the progress of building CFI. I'm hoping that was addressed last week and there will be some updates when the consolidated summit notes are released.
Having a viable multi-national military force is something that I strongly support. I'd like to see the United States remain a solid leader, but don't like seeing the United States as the country expected to always charge in when there is a foreign threat which impacts many countries and allies across the globe.
Here's the last bit published about CFI earlier this year.
After 2014, NATO is expected to shift its emphasis from operational engagement to operational preparedness. This means NATO will need to remain capable of performing its core tasks - described in its Strategic Concept¹ - and of maintaining its forces at a high level of readiness. To help achieve this, Allied leaders have set out the goal of ‘NATO Forces 2020’: modern, tightly connected forces that are properly equipped, trained, exercised and led. The Connected Forces Initiative (CFI) will help maintain NATO’s readiness and combat effectiveness through expanded education and training, increased exercises and better use of technology.
After the end of the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan, CFI will build on the Alliance’s experience - including lessons learned from 20 years of operations - to ensure that Allies can work even more effectively together and with partners.
The main requirements of CFI are to ensure that Allies can communicate, train and operate together effectively, and that NATO has increasing opportunities to validate and certify their ability to do so. The NATO Response Force will also play an important role in this context by providing a vehicle both to demonstrate operational readiness and serve as a “testbed” for Alliance transformation.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_98527.htm