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Military adaptation to combat mentoring: Belgium’s Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team experience / Wiltenburg, Ivor; Gootzen, Vibeke

Wiltenburg, Ivor	Journal Article
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This article investigates the Belgian Operational Mentoring and Liaison mission in Kunduz between 2009 and 2013 by applying military adaptation theory to the empirical data retrieved from interviews and archival research. The lessons learned by the Belgian OMLTs in Afghanistan, and its adaptation and emulation processes provide a useful template for upcoming Security Force Assistance operations. In addition, Belgian formal and informal procedures to disseminate lessons learned across the armed forces provide valuable insights for future operations.

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Afghanistan ; Military Adaptation ; SFA ; OMLT ; Belgian armed forces

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Supporting African Partner States Through European Military Assistance Programmes / Zimmermann, Nils; Wiltenburg, Ivor; Matisek, Jahara

Matisek, Jahara	Journal Article
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As the West debates defence spending to counter China and Russia, an affordable approach for constructive influence is possible through advising missions that create Sustainable Development Engineering Corps (SDECs) in militaries throughout Africa. Through interviews and surveys of defence officials, Nils Zimmermann, Ivor Wiltenburg and Jahara Matisek find strong support for using European militaries for cost-effective contributions to Western global force posture by creating and deploying advisor units focused on helping African partner militaries establish SDECs.

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African Partner States ; European Military Assistance Programmes

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