U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
The U.S. Army’s Special Operations Center of Excellence
The Institute for Military Support
to Governance
Briefer: COL Terry Lindon
Type of Brief: Information
Date: 23 October 2013
Version: v2
The overall classification of this brief is: UNCLASSFIED/FOUO
Institute for Military Support to Governance
Mission
The Institute for Military Support to
Governance (IMSG) establishes a corporate
body to research, analyze, and shape the
policies, authorities, and doctrine required to
leverage and employ civil sector expertise in
contingencies.
How does it do it?
• Procures necessary civil expertise to support Joint
Commanders across the range of military operations;
• Researches, analyzes, and shapes policies,
authorities, doctrine and training for Support to Civil
Administration (SCA), Transitional Military Authority,
and Theater Security Cooperation.
• Provides strategic military planners collaboration with
civil sector experts.
• Operationalizes CONUS-base by coordinating with
governmental, private business, and academia on
military employment of civil expertise.
• Supports concept development and experimentation.
UNCLASSFIED/FOUO
What does it do?
• Title X Army responsibility; revitalizes existing
functional specialty force structure in USAR.
• Establishes credentialing standards for civil sector
experts required to support future operations.
• Supports operational practitioners with situational
research and analysis.
• Outreach to IA, NGOs, IGOs, Academia, and
Business.
• Contributes to Military Governance policy, doctrine
and training.
• Oversees DOTMLPF Functions
It is not:
• A proponent
• A force provider
• A schoolhouse
• Part of the 95th CA Bde's Civil-Military
Advisory Group (CMAG)
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Institute for Military Support to Governance
Commander
USAJFKSWCS
Operations &
Integration
Section
Director
BG Van Roosen
Dean
PhD GS-14
Deputy
Director 38A
COL Lindon
Operations
Officer
38A LTC
Asst Ops Off
38A
MAJ Chagaris
Ops NCO
38B
MSG Leyden
Civil Security
Department
Governance
Department
Essential and
Humanitarian
Services Dept
Economy and
Infrastructure
Department
Rule of Law
Department
Homeland
Integration
Department
Advisor
01A COL
Advisor
01A COL
Advisor
01A COL
Advisor
Economics
01A COL
Advisor
SJA, 27A COL
Advisor
01A COL
Lead Coord
O1A LTC/MAJ
Lead Coord
O1A LTC/MAJ
Advisor
Public Health
05A COL
Lead Coord
27A LTC/MAJ
Lead Coord
O1A LTC/MAJ
Advisor
Education
01A COL
Advisor
Infrastructure
01A COL
Advisor
Agriculture
01A COL
Lead Coord
05A LTC/MAJ
Lead Coord
01A LTC/MAJ
Strat Planner
59A MAJ/LTC
Exercise Off
01A LTC/MAJ
IA LNO
01A MAJ/LTC
Private Sector
Integrator
01A MAJ/LTC
Temporary positions required to set conditions for FOC
AGR
JAG
27A MAJ/LTC
Cultural
Anthropologist
PhD GS-13
UNCLASSFIED/FOUO
RA
USAR
Doctrine Writer
38A MAJ/LTC
Policy Writer
01A MAJ/LTC
HRO
42B MAJ
Budget Officer
36A MAJ
PREDECISIONAL - LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
Force Dev
50A MAJ
DAC
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Research Products
Functional Specialties
Structure
• What Functional Specialties are required?
(by Stability Sector)
• What are the standards? (Civilian education,
experience, and certifications)
• Develop descriptions
• How many of each Functional Specialty are
required?
Additional Research Topics
Timeline
• What are the policies, authorities, and
doctrine that affect employment and
deployment?
• What are the laws and policies affecting
direct commissioning?
• What are the functions and authorities of
IMSG, SWCS, CAPOC, and HRC?
• Curriculum for Direct Commissionees and
other 38G's including Military Governance
Certificate
UNCLASSFIED/FOUO
• Is the IMSG structure correct?
• What Functional Specialty teams are at
battalion, brigade, and CACOM?
• Composition/distribution of functional specialty
teams
• 17 October 2013: Research Design Review
• November 2013: Essential and Humanitarian
Services
• December 2013: Civil Security
• January 2014: Rule of Law
• February 2014: Governance
• March 2014: Economy and Infrastructure
• April 2014: Homeland Integration
• August 2014: Delivery of Report
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