Humanitarian relief, peace building, and reconstruction operations require the cooperation of both civilian and military forces to act together. Developing such a relationship may become intense because it entails these two actors to operate within the same space and within the same time frame. It is imperative that the actors remain independently neutral during and after the course of their relief efforts. The dynamics of civilian and military relief are different and this course accentuates such organizational, structural, and operational distinctions. Successful operations are a result of balanced and strategic integration of civilian and military power. This course is designed to introduce the importance of such a relationship and the reality of ineffectiveness when one is implemented without the other. Active military presence can maintain an absence of war; however, the military cannot build peace on its own. Societies (together with the government, governmental and non-governmental agencies) have the capacity of developing a structure of lasting peace. Such capabilities are led and supported by the knowledge and experience of humanitarian-aid workers. This is why it is key that participants in the humanitarian arena ameliorate their understanding of civil military cooperation under the guidance of this new course.