future of croatian military education to deversify or to specialize?
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FUTURE OF CROATIAN MILITARY EDUCATION
To DEVERSIFY or to SPECIALIZE?
Planning considerations
Membership in Alliances Leveraging coalition capabilities National foreign and security policies
Modern threats Needs vs. Capabilities
Membership in Alliances - principles
Personnel consideration• Training• Trust• Interpersonal skill sets• Negotiations• Consensus building• Pride• TTPs
Interoperability considerations• Equipment• SOPs• Language• Culture• Doctrine• Intelligence• Organizational framework• Communication systems
National foreign and security policies
What threatens us at home?
What threatens us abroad?
What threatens our allies?
What do we do about it?
Modern Threats
Ethnic conflict Regional instability Organized crime Rogue/Failed states Proliferation of WMD Resource conflict Terrorism…
No use of main battle tanks,
howitzers, aircraft
carriers…
How to fight against them?
"Them" vs. "Us"
Borders are irrelevant Globally dispersed Uninterested in political
goals connected to nationhood
Rich Allow high degree of
initiative Dispersed / invisible
center of gravity No accountability
Nation states importance of sovereignty
Regionalized Structured / predictable Highly visible centers of
gravity and weak spots National and international
accountability
"THEM" "US"
MilitarIES and THEIR education SYSTEMS
haVE to respond
What type of forces to built?
Easily interchangable in different jobs
Eased mission command Higher self-initiative___________________ Lacking specialized
knowledges High reliance on
improvization Difficult to supervise More expensive
Highly focused Reliable and available Structured, easily controlled
and used ____________________ Lacking "wider view" Low initiative and capacity to
overcome unplanned difficulties
Difficulty in joint and integrated work
"Clan" mentality
Diversify Specialize
Conclusion
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