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Lieutenant General<br />

David G. Perkins<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er, <strong>US</strong>ACAC<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>ant, CGSC<br />

COL John J. Smith<br />

Director <strong>and</strong> Editor in Chief<br />

LTC James F. Lowe<br />

Executive Officer<br />

Editorial Staff<br />

Marlys Cook, LTC, <strong>US</strong>A (Ret.)<br />

Managing Editor<br />

Peter D. Fromm, LTC, <strong>US</strong>A (Ret.)<br />

Supervisory Editor<br />

John Garabedian<br />

Associate Editor<br />

Nancy Mazzia<br />

Books <strong>and</strong> Features Editor<br />

Julie Gunter<br />

Visual Information Specialist<br />

Linda Darnell<br />

Administrative Assistant<br />

Michael Serravo<br />

Visual Information Specialist,<br />

Webmaster<br />

Editorial Board Members<br />

MG Gordon B. Davis, Jr.<br />

Deputy Comm<strong>and</strong>ing General<br />

CSM Joe B. Parson Jr.<br />

LD&E Comm<strong>and</strong> Sergeant Major<br />

Clinton J. Ancker, III, Director,<br />

<strong>Combined</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> Doctrine Directorate<br />

Robert Baumann, Director,<br />

CGSC Graduate Program<br />

COL Thomas C. Graves, Director,<br />

School of Advanced Military Studies<br />

Gregory Fontenot, Director,<br />

University of Foreign Military <strong>and</strong><br />

Cultural Studies<br />

Lester W. Grau<br />

Foreign Military Studies Office<br />

John Pennington, Chief,<br />

Media Division,<br />

<strong>Center</strong> for <strong>Army</strong> Lessons Learned<br />

Thomas Jordan, Director,<br />

Capability Development Integration<br />

Directorate<br />

COL Roderick M. Cox<br />

Director, Combat Studies Institute<br />

Dennis Tighe, Deputy Director,<br />

<strong>Combined</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> <strong>Center</strong>-Training<br />

Consulting Editors<br />

Colonel Hertz Pires Do Nascimento<br />

Brazilian <strong>Army</strong>, Brazilian Edition<br />

Colonel Jorge Gatica<br />

Chilean <strong>Army</strong>, Hispano-American Edition<br />

FEATURED ARTICLES<br />

2 The Right Way: A Proposal for an <strong>Army</strong> Ethic<br />

Lieutenant Colonel Clark C. Barrett, Ph.D., Michigan <strong>Army</strong> National Guard<br />

A prize-winning author offers his proposal for an <strong>Army</strong> Ethic to serve the profession of arms.<br />

13 Preventing Mass Atrocities in Sub-Saharan Africa through<br />

Strategic Engagement<br />

Major Chris R. Henry <strong>and</strong> Major Nathan K. Finney, U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />

An East African Staff College will help the African Union prevent mass atrocities in Sub-Saharan<br />

Africa.<br />

22 Policy, COIN Doctrine, <strong>and</strong> Political Legitimacy<br />

Major Stanley J. Wiechnik, U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />

The <strong>Army</strong> needs a greater underst<strong>and</strong>ing of political legitimacy to conduct COIN <strong>and</strong> stability<br />

operations.<br />

31 The Afghan National <strong>Army</strong>: Has Capacity Building Become<br />

Culture Building?<br />

Sergeant First Class, Keith W. Norris, U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />

The best outcomes will stem from optimizing the Afghan National <strong>Army</strong> to fit Afghanistan's<br />

undeniably resilient social system.<br />

41 Public Underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the Profession of <strong>Arms</strong><br />

Br<strong>and</strong>on Robers<br />

The <strong>Army</strong> should establish new points of domestic cultural underst<strong>and</strong>ing to supplant those lost<br />

during its increasing professionalization in recent decades.<br />

48 Africa’s Brain Drain: Its Impacts on Security <strong>and</strong> Stability<br />

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Feldman, U.S. <strong>Army</strong> Reserve<br />

The emigration of educated Africans affects the continent’s security <strong>and</strong> stability, but the<br />

phenomenon has both negative <strong>and</strong> positive aspects.<br />

57 Smooth is Fast: Managing Security Transitions for Enduring<br />

Freedom<br />

Lieutenant Colonel Troy D. Busby, U.S. <strong>Army</strong>, Retired<br />

A longer-term U.S. presence in Afghanistan will promote a more enduring stability, <strong>and</strong> a bilateralsecurity<br />

arrangement with Iraq should support some reintroduction of U.S. forces in a security<br />

cooperation posture.<br />

Front cover: An Afghan <strong>and</strong> coalition security force conducts an operation that<br />

detained twoTaliban leaders in Nahr-e Sraj District, Helm<strong>and</strong> Province, Afghanistan.<br />

22 February 2012 (SGT Sean K. Harp, U.S. <strong>Army</strong>)

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