Allied joint doctrine for security force assistance

Title page 1

Contents 18

Record of National Reservations 6

Record of Specific Reservations 8

Summary of changes 10

Related documents 12

Preface 20

Chapter 1. Concept and principles 24

Section 1. Security force assistance applicability 24

Security force assistance responsibilities 25

Security force assistance applicability 26

Security force assistance legal considerations 26

Security force assistance and protection of civilians considerations 26

Section 2. Security force assistance principles 27

Political primacy 27

Comprehensive approach 27

Unity of effort 28

Understanding 28

Trust 28

Leadership 28

Legitimacy 28

Rule of law 29

Strategic communications considerations 29

Transparency 30

Host nation commitment 30

Support host nation ownership 30

Sustainability 31

Transition 32

Section 3. Security force assistance understanding 33

Understanding the local forces 34

Cultural awareness 35

Risks of cultural misunderstanding 35

Section 4. Selection and training of NATO personnel for security force assistance 37

Chapter 2. Security force assistance framework 40

Section 1. Introduction 40

Section 2. Security force assistance planning considerations 41

Security force assistance coordination 43

Section 3. Security force assistance as an operational activity 43

Organization 44

Section 4. Assessment 44

Assessment of local forces 46

Considerations for planning and executing assessments 48

Section 5. Security force assistance transitions 50

Assessing transition activities 51

Effective transition activities 51

Transition risks 52

Chapter 3. The security force assistance activities 54

Section 1. Introduction 54

Section 2. Generate 55

Section 3. Organize 56

Section 4. Train 56

Training and education 56

Training of local forces 56

Training assistance 58

Security force assistance training 58

Training plans 59

Legal consistency of the training 60

Section 5. Enable 60

Section 6. Advise 61

Principal adviser 62

Process adviser 62

Subject matter expert adviser 62

Section 7. Mentor 63

Section 8. Security force assistance and NATO cross-cutting topics 63

Lexicon 66

Part 1. Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations 66

Part 2. Terms and definitions 67

Figures 19

Figure 1.1. NATO security force assistance across the continuum of competition 25

Figure 2.1. Stages of a joint operation aligned with the security force assistance framework 40

Figure 2.2. Compartments of a local force assessment 46

Figure 3.1. Security force assistance activities 54

Figure 3.2. Interweaving cross-cutting topics into security force assistance GOTEAM activities 64