Aliied Command Transformation

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Road to Riga RUSI Conference
NATO Transformation Meeting the 21st Century
Challenges
INSIGHTS ON THE LONG VIEW
General Lance Smith Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation,
Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
NATO UNCLASSIFIED
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WHAT WE WANT
NATO Forces capable of Integrated Action
How we are Organized National Force
How we Must Operate NATO Forces
Sustainability
Adaptability
Interoperability
Deployability
NRF Change Vehicle
NGO
Integrated approach must also include
POLITICAL ECONOMIC CIVIL
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HOW WERE DOING PART OF IT
View from the M- MILITARY
Key Enablers
NATO Force
NATIONS
ACO NATIONS
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WHERE WE NEED TO BE
The Long View
NATIONS and ALLIANCE
Full Spectrum Capacity
Coherence and Partnerships
Comprehensive Political Guidance
Military
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Bi-Sc Strategic Vision I
MILITARY
Ministerial Guidance 06
Political
P
Coherent NATO Response
Comprehensive Approach
ECONOMIC
CIVIL
ACO NATIONS
Joint Integration
Economic
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POLITICAL
Civil
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Coherently Joint Collaborative Coordination
Effects-Based Network Centric
Interagency-Multinational
Concerted Planning Action
MC Position on Effects-Based Approach to
Operations
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WHAT IT MUST LOOK LIKE
20th Century
21st Century
Pre-Hostilities
Global Adaptive Interdependent Roles
Regional Predictable Independent Roles
Hostilities
Threat Based Static Attrition
Capabilities Based Agile Precision
Victory Focused Status Quo Ante
Post-Hostilities
Success Focused Stability Reconstruction
Humanitarian Disasters
Minimal
Integral
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ROAD to RIGA and BEYOND

• Reaffirm support for Transformation
• Set new capability targets that expand the Prague
  Capability Commitment
• Commitment to a NATO Level Integrated Approach
  M PEC

Transformation is a continual process ITS NOT
CHEAP and ITS HARD WORK
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WHAT IT MUST LOOK LIKE
20th Century Regional Independent Roles Unaligned
Capacity Threat Based Static Attrition Stovepipe
Intelligence
21st Century Global Interdependent Roles Aligned
Capacity Capability Based Agile Precision Shared
Awareness