Location: Counterinsurgency Center For Excellence (COIN CFE), Camp Taji, Iraq
Qualifications: Instructor should have a PhD in Arab political / cultural studies. Candidates who have an MA and are currently working toward a PhD are acceptable. Instructor must be able to travel throughout Iraq when required as part of Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) and COIN Survey Teams (CSTs) augmenting information collection efforts for both the COIN CFE (Counterinsurgency Center For Excellence) and the ICS (Iraqi Counterinsurgency School). Wide ranging discovery and analysis of this kind should be presented to the Commander, Iraqi COIN School and his mission design team as part of the overall criteria that will ultimately shape the mature form and purpose of the Iraqi COIN School. Instructor must have a working knowledge of both historical and contemporary Iraqi government and the ability to instruct coalition forces about the nature of this system and its effects on day-to-day military operations; have an understanding of the structure of the Iraqi Army Division and its components and the processes and politics of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command, the Ministry of Defense and the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq. Instructor should be familiar with the current civil-military situation in Iraq as it relates to basic counterinsurgency doctrine as taught by the COIN CFE and the ICS.
Duties: Educates coalition military and inter-agency personnel on Arab political and cultural topics and their relationship with and significance to the Contemporary Operating Environment (COE) and ongoing counterinsurgency operations. Maintains situational awareness of day-to-day political / military events in the Iraqi theater of operations and incorporates this information into presentations as required. Infuses instruction with practical linkages between political/cultural issues and military operations. Assists in the collection, analysis and summation of COIN best practices for distribution to US and Iraqi training centers. Assists in curriculum development and course content design as it relates to political/cultural learning objectives in order to insure continuity, validity and currency of coalition and Iraqi COIN curricula.
Contact: William Rebarick, Raytheon Company, 321.235.1750 office, DSN 312.960.8647, wrebarick@raytheon.com