The Essence of the CIMIC Force Understanding and the Necessity of Training the Future CIMIC Specialists, as a Specific Category of Public Service
The Essence of the CIMIC Force Understanding and the Necessity of Training the Future CIMIC Specialists, as a Specific Category of Public Service

Author(s): Elvira Titko, Ilona Kurovska
Subject(s): Public Administration, Administrative Law
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: civil-military cooperation; CIMIC; civilian and military elements; CIMIC specialists; CIMIC professional training;
Summary/Abstract: The article shows the experience of two world wars with numerous casualties, did not contribute to the end of armed conflicts, which still take place in various parts of the world. The concept of military policy, which has been aimed at solving problems at any cost over the centuries, lost its relevance today. The idea of cooperation between civilian and military elements/structures, primarily for a better understanding of the needs of the former, assistance to the civilian population and its protection, have been revealed in the article. Exactly this kind of work (activity) should contribute to an increase of efficiency in performing the tasks assigned to the mission, provided the fact of better understanding the situation at the place of the operation. However, applying the military element in case of need at peacetime today is also not a new approach. The formula for cooperation between the military and civilian elements, as well as the need to attract appropriate specialists, like those of CIMIC, that act as a special category of public service, arise as a question within this context. The essence and features of the СIMIС forces activities in missions, the need to use СIMIС forces, both at armed conflict and in a crisis, that requires a quick response and military potential at peacetime, the key areas of training СIMIС specialists within the interaction between the military and civilian elements, especially nowadays conditions, have been revealed.

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