Download or read book The Commanders Emergency Response Program Cerp written by Department of the Army Headquarters and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 describes CERP as "the program that (1) authorizes United States military commanders in Afghanistan to carry out small-scale projects designed to meet urgent humanitarian relief requirements or urgent reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility; and (2) provides an immediate and direct benefit to the people of Afghanistan."
Download or read book Military Operations written by Sharon L. Pickup and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than $46 billion dollars has been spent for relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. DoD manages the Commander¿s Emerg. Response Program (CERP), which is designed to enable local commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction require. by carrying out programs that will assist the indigenous population. This report examines the following questions regarding the CERP program in Iraq: (1) To what extent does DoD guidance establish selection criteria for CERP projects?; (2) To what extent do commanders in Iraq coordinate CERP with other U.S. gov¿t. agencies and with the gov¿t. of Iraq?; (3) To what extent do DoD and Multinational Corps-Iraq exercise oversight of CERP projects in Iraq? Charts.
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Download or read book Military Operations Actions Needed to Better Guide Project Selection for Commander s Emergency Response Program and Improve Oversight in Iraq written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since fiscal year 2003, Congress has appropriated more than $46 billion dollars for relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Department of Defense (DOD) is one of several U.S. agencies that administer U.S.-funded relief and reconstruction programs in Iraq. In particular, DOD manages the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), which is designed to enable local commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the indigenous population. 1 Thus far, Congress has appropriated more than $3 billion for CERP in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the program's inception, DOD has steadily increased its funding requests in response to theater conditions, and reported obligations have also grown substantially. DOD's funding requests have increased by more than a billion dollars from fiscal years 2004 through 2008. For fiscal year 2008, DOD requested $1.2 billion to fund CERP projects in Iraq and Afghanistan and plans to request an additional $507 million, primarily for CERP in Iraq. Furthermore, DOD's reported obligations for Iraq and Afghanistan have grown from about $179 million in fiscal year 2004 to more than $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2007. In addition, over the same period of time, the number of projects in both countries has grown from about 6,450 to about 8,700. In particular, the number of projects costing more than $500,000 has increased from 13 in fiscal year 2004 to 276 in fiscal year 2007 and in fiscal year 2007 accounted for about 46 percent of the reported obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by Netzel Thomas D. and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) needs to focus on attaining short term counterinsurgency effects and balance that with long term goals. This can be achieved by understanding CERP's impact on the COIN campaign and its impact on Government of Afghanistan's priorities. Requiring commanders and CERP managers to get buy-in with our Afghan partners at the beginning of the process will allow for a smooth transition of government functions back to the Afghans. A training program to help facilitate this process is critical to its success. The process will only work with a whole of government approach, with representatives available at all steps of the process to facilitate better program outcomes. Fixing past errors and providing better oversight and more training focusing on outcomes versus spending will provide the effects we need to be successful.
Download or read book The Commander s Emergency Response Program Employing Economic Power Against Fourth Generation Foes in Iraq written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combating fourth generation threats requires the integrated employment of all instruments of US national power. In particular, military forces should employ economic power during security and stability operations targeting the economic condition of the local population in the theater of operation. One element of economic power, the Commander's Emergency Response Program "CERP", first used in Iraq during OIF promoted social, political and economic order and undermined the appeal of US opponents. Economic condition is a critical vulnerability that can be targeted by the United States to attack local popular support for sub-national actors, a key center of gravity "CoG" for these opponents. Improving local economies helps restore order to conflicted societies creating conditions to transition from military to civil control operations. Effective employment of economic power by the US military entails providing battlefield commanders with ready funding, authority, resources, and doctrine to develop, execute, and manage economic stabilization programs targeting the conditions underlying failed states that empower sub-national threats to US interests.
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by Christopher P. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines some of the areas needing improvement in the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), a major weapon in the local commander's arsenal for stability operations. It explains why a confluence of recent events-- updated doctrine, the publication of the Gansler Commission Report, and the creation of the Army's Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC)-- have created a unique opportunity. This is an opportunity for Army expeditionary contracting to change from its traditional general support role to a more proactive direct support role by assisting the local commander through his CERP program. The ECC must evolve its organizational structure to complement this new role and develop doctrine to employ their subordinate units that fully supports the newly published doctrine for Stability Operations. This paper also discusses how these changes allow the newly formed ECC to leverage its expertise to enhance training and improve the deficient areas in the local commander's CERP program identified by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR).
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by Valerie Tystad and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This handbook focuses on basic tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for the application of CERP. Its intended audience is the brigade, battalion, and provincial reconstruction team commander and staff. This handbook is based on lessons learned and best practices in use today in Iraq and Afghanistan and identifies training, planning, and operational procedures required to fund projects and services the commander requires during the conduct of stability operations. This handbook also provides the TTP to guide the commander through the regulatory and administrative requirements of the CERP"--P. [i].
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander's Emergency Response Program : Muhalla 312 electrical distribution project largely successful.
Download or read book Investing in the Fight written by Daniel Egel and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the use of the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Afghanistan. It explores the effectiveness of CERP in supporting tactical operations in Afghanistan during the counterinsurgency-focused 2010-2013 time frame using both qualitative and quantitative methods and describes CERP's origins, history, and existing research on the effectiveness of CERP in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by School for Advanced Military Studies and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its military history, the United States has demonstrated poor institutional memory resulting in a tendency to reinvent the wheel. The development of counterinsurgency doctrine in Vietnam, for instance, yielded valuable knowledge about combating an irregular enemy. Regardless, the subsequent foray into a counterinsurgent environment during Operation Iraqi Freedom proved problematic as the U.S. scrambled to adapt to yet another asymmetric threat. Operationally, the selection of performance metrics by the U.S. in complex and adaptive battlefields has mirrored this argument. Throughout the entirety of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S. spent over $60 billion on reconstruction and stability of which the Commander's Emergency Response Program cost the U.S. taxpayer over $4 billion. Reminiscent of the poor selection of performance measures in Vietnam, the metrics used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Commander's Emergency Response Program proved insufficient and resulted in the waste of time, money and resources. Adopting a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, this work examines various aspects of performance metrics and, ultimately, their affect on the Commander's Emergency Response Program. The work uses select historical cases to compare and contrast the selection of performance metrics in a conventional versus an irregular conflict. Empirical evidence is also used to test the effectiveness of metrics and their affect on outcomes. As a result of this analysis we learn that the selection of performance criteria is more difficult in asymmetric environments. As illustrated in the paper, the U.S. has wasted immense amounts of effort, and money, because poorly selected metrics are not always indicative of success. This fact, compounded by a lack of regulation and oversight, resulted in the Commander's Emergency Response Program providing questionable outcomes for military leaders. The United States has experienced many hard lessons due to its inability to institute historically developed best practices. It is vital that military commanders develop and implement metrics that are measurable and provide an accurate assessment of progress. Also essential is the need for regulation and oversight for funding programs to ensure their most efficient and effective use.
Download or read book Military Operations written by Sharon Pickup and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. gov¿t. agencies, including the DoD and the USAID have spent billions of dollars to develop Afghanistan. From FY¿s 2004 to 2008, DoD has reported obligations of about $1 billion for its Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), which enables commanders to respond to urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs. As troop levels increase, DoD officials expect the program to expand. This report assessed DoD's: (1) capacity to manage and oversee the CERP in Afghanistan; and (2) coordination of projects with USAID. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.
Download or read book Military Operations written by Sharon L. Pickup and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of the Commander s Emergency Response Program for Fiscal Year 2005 written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management of the Commander's Emergency Response Program for fiscal year 2005 .
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program for 2011 Show Increased Focus on Capacity Development written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander's Emergency Response Program for 2011 show increased focus on capacity development .
Download or read book Commander s Emergency Response Program written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander's Emergency Response Program : hotel construction completed, but project management issues remain.
Download or read book Management of the Commander s Emergency Response Program in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2006 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fiscal year 2006, the Congress appropriated $923 million for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), of which $510 million was allocated to the Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I), a subordinate command of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). CERP enables U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to undertake a variety of non-construction and construction activities to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements in their areas of responsibility. This may include making condolence payments after combat operations, providing funds for repairs, purchasing critical infrastructure equipment, or conducting large-scale civic cleanups that employ as many Iraqis as possible. As of September 30, 2006, MNC-I reported it had obligated $510 million for over 3,800 CERP projects. This review specifically sought to determine whether the Multi-National Corps-Iraq had established and implemented adequate management controls over the Commander's Emergency Response Program for fiscal year 2006. We considered comments received on the draft of this report from the Multi-National Corps-Iraq when preparing the final report. The comments are addressed in the report, where applicable, and a copy of the response letter is included in the Management Comments section of this report.
