I Corps and Joint Base Lewis McChord

COMMAND OVERVIEW BRIEF

 Iraq’s Complex Operating Environment

Iraq remains Iraq achieves

a fragile state sustainable
security

What
could
go
right?
Provincial
Seating
Out
of
Cities
National
Elections
Relief
in
Place
Partnership

Catastrophic
What
could
go
wrong? Arab/
Kurd Game
Changers
GOI
Democratic Tensions
Shia Failings
Sunni
Opportunism
Reconciliation
UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
 I Corps’ Campaign
• Partnership
• Military –Embassy partnership for
The Last
civil development
• Maintain Pressure on Insurgent Networks
• Security Agreement Implementation
• Out of the Cities
• Ethnic Tension Mitigation Strategy
Multi-National Corps • National Parliamentary Elections
Iraq
• Drawdown of Land Forces and Equipment

I Corps Enabled Iraq to Transition from Counter-Insurgency to Stability

Operations and Set the Conditions for an Enduring Strategic Partnership
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 An Issue of National Will
Enduring National Interests
- Regional Stability
- Access to Energy &
Global Markets
- Neutralized Extremist Networks
- Alliances & Commitments
- Human Rights
- Non-proliferation

• Significant national power:

political – military – economic - diplomatic - informational
• Human, financial and political capital and sacrifice
• At stake: U.S. leadership and well-being

Opportunity for a long-term strategic partnership

 JBLM Infrastructure
“City within a City”
6 Schools
4 Hotels
4 Libraries
2 Airports
1 Hospital
9 Chapels
Family Resource Center Madigan Army Medical Center
1 Prison
8 Fitness Centers * Last 12 Months
Family Housing
10 Child Development Centers • 23,173 Soldiers
11 Dining Facilities Deployed
– 16,493 Active Duty
~ 11,000 Barracks Beds – 4,021 Reserve and Guard
– 2,659 US Air Force, US Navy
~ 4,500 Family Housing units
• 6,293 Soldiers
Waste Water Treatment Redeployed
Fish Hatchery
Questions
 High Points for I Corps in Iraq
Initial meeting LTG Ali CPOC Opening Joint Implementation of Art. 24

Joint Operational & Tactical Planning Election Transfer of Bases and Facilities

CMO Relief in Place

What Winning Looked Like…
 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO

Our Smart Power in Iraq

Tailored & Contextual Application of Smart Power

A
SMART POWER
KLE PRTs GROWING VOID
Medevac OF INFLUENCE
Aligns resources CERP
and relates BCTs Public Affairs
means to ends ISR
14 BCTs Training
CJSO CA
Logistics
TF
Enables growth TF 714 FMS/FMF IO
Combined Arms BNs
& development
Foreign Investment
CAS Aerial Weapons Teams
Provides layers 6
of protection to AABs
Smart Power: The combination of Hard
Strategic Interest
(COIN) and Soft Power into a winning strategy (Stability)

The use of Smart Power is vital to Stability Operations

and an enduring Strategic Partnership UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
Commander’s Message

The U.S. mission in Iraq

requires sustained
commitment of every element
of national power to achieve
long-term partnership.
 Mission Summary

1. Rotate manned, trained, and

equipped units world-wide in an
era of persistent conflict
2. Plan for, prepare, and deter war
in the Pacific as a land-based
headquarters
3. When called, command large
military formations (Iraq, Afghanistan,
Korea, etc.)
4. Care for Soldiers, Airmen,
Families, and the Communities
they live in

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