Fiscal Year	2018
Division	School of International Graduate Studies
Department	Center for Civil-Military Relations
Investigator(s)	Hussey, Benjamin T.
Sponsor	Naval Education Training Security Assistance Field Activity (Navy)
Summary	This Mobile Education Team (MET) course is EIMET certified, and IMET funded through the Naval Education Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA) CCMR MASL The MET consists of one, four-day seminar designed to prepare military officers from the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) and their civilian official counterparts to effectively consider, design and implement practices to improve civil-military relations in The Gambia. The delivery format combines informative presentations on academic themes and practical frameworks with an in-depth self assessment of security threats, roles and missions, and inter-agency decision making for the Gambia. The underlying theme of the course is the need for military officers and civilian officials to develop habits of cooperation within an inter-agency decision-making process. The importance of developing effective civilian control of military forces is emphasized in each iteration of this course. The course relies heavily on interaction among participants during classroom exercises. The country expects to have 60 participants from the Gambia Armed Forces and government civilian officials.
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