Measuring Defense Reform
by Ronald Mangum and Bill Craven
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Measuring Defense Reform
The many plans for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan recognize that a draw
down of forces must be condition based. A critical condition must be that the
respective governments are capable of functioning without excessive outside
(U.S. and NATO) support, which means that effective government institutions,
especially a national defense establishment, must be built in each country.
BG (Ret) Ronald S. Mangum and COL (Ret.) Bill Craven have spent several years
working in Former Communist States in defense reform/transformation. Based
on their experience, they argue in the attached manuscript for development of a
holistic Defense Management Template against which to measure progress and
against which to determine when 'reform/transformation' is done.
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Brigadier General Ronald S. Mangum, United States Army (Retired), is a
defense advisor employed by Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., Defense
Modernization Division, headquartered in Alexandria, VA. He is currently the
Program Manager for a Cubic advisor team working under the U.S. Department of
Defense Georgia Defense Reform Program in the county of Georgia. General Mangum
is also a Professor of National Security Studies at American Military
University, Charles Town, WVA, and a Visiting Scholar at the Georgia Foundation
for Security and International Studies in Tbilisi, Georgia. His articles have
appeared in Parameters, Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review and many other
publications
Colonel William J. Craven, United States Army (Retired), is also a defense
advisor employed by Cubic Defense Applications, and is currently the Deputy
Program Manager for the Defense Georgia Defense Reform Program in the county of
Georgia.
