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Strategic Landpower Task Force Working on Doctrine Dealing with ‘Human Domain’

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 16th, 2015

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Strategic Landpower Task Force Working on Doctrine Dealing with ‘Human Domain’

Marine Corps Warfighting Lab commanding general Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea

The Strategic Landpower Task Force, two years into its work to promote the “human domain” of warfare and develop a doctrine dealing with how to influence and leverage the behavior of local populations in an area of operations, is hopeful that finalizing its doctrine in the next year or two may make it easier to secure funding for the international exercises needed to build greater cultural understanding.Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Friday, Maj. Gen. Christopher…

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Congress

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