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Army

Army, State Department, To Work Together On Stability Operations

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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Stability operations appear to be an idea whose time has come, as a future failing state crisis could see State Department-led civilian groups moving and working alongside Army soldiers under plans to coordinate Army and State Department stability capabilities, officials said. The Army's new Field Manual 3.0, released late last month, elevates stability operations alongside the tradition core missions of offensive and defensive operations. "It's an evolutionary adaptation, as all good doctrine is, but we anticipate it…

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