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The Regionally Aligned Force Concept Can Help the Army More Effectively Undertake Its Security Cooperation Missions

• The alignment of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, to U.S. Africa Command improved the efficiency of security cooperation (SC) planning and preparation.
• The success of the regionally aligned force (RAF) concept as a process more broadly will depend on structured planning, agility, and access to appropriate personnel.
• The ability of RAF to carry out SC missions successfully will depend on planners' abilities to match SC activities to theater security objectives (TSOs) and partner-nation conditions.
• Planning and training for missions that span an entire continent entail much uncertainty and complexity. Building greater planning time and developing a structured planning process for RAF missions in Africa might improve mission effectiveness.
• RAF units experienced difficulty delivering training to partner-nation units that possessed nonstandard equipment.
• On average, U.S. Army Africa SC events were most likely to include partner nations that were most politically attractive and militarily compatible.
• Planners did a good job working within their constraints to match SC activities to TSOs and partner-nation conditions.