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Special Operations Command Pacific Persistent Engagement for Persistent Conflict

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Page 1: Special Operations Command Pacific...Recognizes the constrained environment of (1) Sovereign Host Nations, (2) Counter-productivity of heavy US presence, (3) Limited resources to apply

Special Operations Command PacificPersistent Engagement for Persistent Conflict

Page 2: Special Operations Command Pacific...Recognizes the constrained environment of (1) Sovereign Host Nations, (2) Counter-productivity of heavy US presence, (3) Limited resources to apply

US PACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR)

SECRET

Northeast Asia

South Asia

Australia & Oceania

Southeast Asia

Characteristics of the Pacific AOR• > 50 % of earth’s surface• 60% of world’s population• World’s six largest armed forces• Four of the world’s largest economies• World’s largest Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist populations• Five Mutual Defense Relationships

Relative SizeComparison of USAto Asia Pacific Region

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US PACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR)

SECRET

Northeast Asia

South Asia

Australia & Oceania

Southeast Asia

Challenges

• Chinese Influence• nKorea – unstable regime / nuclear• India – Pakistan

• Extremists (Mumbai)• Kashmir

• Insurgencies• Thai-Malay Border• Southern Philippines

• Islamic Extremists • Natural Disasters • Taiwan Status

Relative SizeComparison of USAto Asia Pacific Region

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4 18 February 2009

Operation ENDURING FREEDOM – Philippines

N

M I N D A N A O

S u l u Archipelago

Manila

P h I l I p p I n eS e a

S o u t hC h I n a

S e a

0 150 300 km

LUZON

VISAYAS

Palawan

Jolo

Basilan

Tawi-Tawi

Sabah

Spratly

Islands

• 90 + million • 90 % Christian• “Moro” Separatists• Threats

• Abu Sayaaf (ASG)• Jemaah Islamiyah• NPA / Communists• Ungoverned spaces

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“Indirect Approach” & Persistent Engagement• Campaign

– Philippines = Counterinsurgency or COIN - address underlying causes of insurgency, immunizing at risk communities from exploitation by militant Islamic extremists (AQ)

– United States = Foreign Internal Defense in support of Philippines COIN (main effort) and Philippines Counterterror operations (CT) (supporting effort)

• Persistent Engagement– Seven years of sustained, persistent engagement in Southern Philippines– SOF led mission

• Constraints. Recognizes the constrained environment of (1) Sovereign Host Nations, (2) Counter-productivity of heavy US presence, (3) Limited resources to apply to the problem set

• Division of Labor: Recognizes DoD is one of many stakeholders. Attempts to scope the role of DoD in general, and SOF in particular, within a broader Host Nation and Inter-Agency environment

• Patience: Indirect Approach strategies & tactics are “by, with, through.” This inherently requires a long-term view accepting of measured developments and quiet results.

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