Development of a Competency Model for Civil-Military Teaming

The nature and complexities of today's military operations are such that no single organization, department, or agency has all the requisite resources, authority, or expertise to single-handedly provide an effective response. These operations require civil-military teaming (CMT). CMT involves establishing, managing, and participating in collaborations among various military, governmental, non-governmental, local national leadership and civilian agencies. In order to ensure that Army leaders are trained and developed appropriately to meet CMT requirements, it is critical to establish the competencies required for success in these environments. Research was conducted in three phases to develop requirements for successful teaming performance. The first phase involved a domain analysis and review of relevant literature to develop an initial competency model. The second phase consisted of data collection efforts to validate the preliminary model. The third phase reviewed existing training and education opportunities. Results suggest a CMT competency model that has three higher-order meta-competencies and 12 lower level competencies. Thirty-two specific decision points that present significant performance challenges during CMT are also described. Recommendations regarding further validation, training, and development of the competency model are discussed, a decision requirements table provides context for future training, and the identification of gaps in existing training and education are discussed. Prepared in cooperation with Personnel Decisiions Research Institutes, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.