Location

In the field, carried out by The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Civil-Military Relations, Monterey, CA.

General Information¹

The mission of the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) is to provide a broad range of innovative graduate level educational programs and research in support of the expanded IMET program objective of civil-military relations in a democratic society. The CCMR will conduct a civil-military relations program designed primarily for senior military officers, civilian officials, legislators and non-government personnel. This program includes courses designed to be taught both in residence at the Naval Postgraduate School and in a Mobile Education Team (MET) format, depending on requirements.

Scope¹

Provides an intensive five-day course on civil-military relations taught by faculty from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. The program is designed for a mixed group of senior military officers, civilian officials, legislators, and non-governmetn personnel. The course is usually taught abroad (in translation), although it can be taught in CONUS [the continental United States] for a specific country group. The curriculum has a strong problem solving focus designed to help participants analyze and resolve civil military conflicts, build mechanisms that will strengthen civilian control, and to deal with many fundamental underlying sources of civil military conflict common to democracies. Lectures, cases and discussion groups focus on the following topics: the mutual obligations of military officers and civilian officials for effective civilian control; the proper role of a professional military in a democracy; the mechanisms that strengthen the armed forces' observance of human rights; the relationship between the military, civilian defense officials, and the role of the media in a democracy; the role of military officers and civilian officials in establishing national security objectives and the allocation of resources; the oversight of the military intelligence function in a democracy; the proper role of civilian officials in the officer promotion process. The program places a special emphasis on the civil-military relations issues raised by participation in UN-sponsored peacekeeping operations, participation in coalition warfare, and membership in the Partnership for Peace, NATO and other alliances. The design of each course will reflect country specific civil-military relations issues, needs and circumstances.

General course details¹

1. Class size: 30-40
2. Schedule: 0900-1630 (approximately) (5-7 45-minute periods per day plus lunch)
3. Course structure: The course is presented in both lecture and small group discussion format. Faculty will present lectures to the entire class which will then be followed by a discussion period. Participants need to be divided / assigned to a discussion group which normally consists of approximately eight-ten participants plus one faculty. Discussion groups should be determined before the MET team arrives and should contain a similar mix of military, civilian officials and legislators. Avoid grouping like participants together; e.g., all legislators in one group, all military in another, etc.

Costing and Funding¹

A cost estimate is provided the SAO upon programming of the CIV-MIL Relations MET for planning purposes only (normally $43,000).

Cost estimation (for planning purposes only):

CIV-MIL Relations Survey:

1. Survey includes one CCMR instructor's round trip transportation from the U.S. to participating country, per diem as authorized by the U.S. JTR and transportation required while in country. If the CCMR has an instructor in the general vicinity at another MET or conference, every attempt is made to try to schedule the survey so the participating country only pays part of the transportation costs.
2. If the instructor is civilian, the salary for the period of the survey will be included (equates to approximately $300 per day).

MET:

1. Normally, there are four instructors on site for the one week course. The initial cost estimate will include round-trip airfare for four instructors, per diem as authorized by the U.S. JTR, and transportation required while in country.
2. Normally, instructors are civilians. Salaries will be included for the one week period and for two days preparatory time. In FY97, this is approximately $300 per day, per instructor.
3. The CCMR staff, which handles the administrative tasks for each course, requires seven days of preparatory time. This is estimated at approximately $215 per day.
4. Course materials provided are approximately $25.00 per student.
5. Shipping costs for course materials depend upon the number of students. A good rule of thumb would be approximately $25 per student.
6. Translation fees. CCMR has accumulated a small library of already translated articles and books. If, however, they need to translate for the requesting country, this fee will be assessed.

Source:

¹ United States, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Expanded IMET Handbook, (Washington: February 14, 1997) I-3, II-1, II-2, IV-A-22, IV-A-24, IV-A-25.