Female Engagement Team (FET) Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Assists PKSOI Lessons Learned Division with FET Blueprint
In April 2016, the Lessons Learned Division at PKSOI hosted Female Engagement Team (FET) Subject Matter Expert
(SME) LTC Kristine Petermann to contribute to building
a FET “Blueprint.” After serving in Afghanistan in 2011 as
the Program Manager (PM) for the FET program in Regional Command-East (RC-E), LTC Petermann continued
her involvement in gender issues as the Gender Advisor
for the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological
Operations Command (Airborne) (USACAPOC(A)). She
will soon begin her next posting working at PKSOI on the
Department of Defense’s Implementation Guide on Women, Peace & Security (WPS), as PKSOI is being designated
as the lead for WPS proponency. LTC Petermann is pictured above with PKSOI’s Lessons Learned Analyst Katrina
Gehman, evaluating effectiveness of the FET program and
discussing ideas for expanding awareness of gender dynamics throughout the chain of command.
The FET Blueprint is one of several tasked as part of the
JROC Memorandum (JROCM) 172-13 Task 12 concerning
Change Recommendations for Stability Operations Joint
DOTmLPF-P (Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel,
Leadership, Personnel, Facilities – Policy). The creation
of blueprints under JROCM Task 12 is meant to “enable
regeneration and expansibility […] for organizations and
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functions developed in response to Operation Enduring
Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF).” Each blueprint for programs as diverse as Agribusiness Development
Teams (ADT), Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs),
and FETs, provides a capability overview, organizational
construct, lessons learned, training, implementation, and
recommendations for future e