This paper will compare and contrast Special Forces counter insurgency operations (COIN) during the 13 year war in El Salvador and the current war in Afghanistan. This writing will use some examples from a Special Forces Operational Detachment...
Contrary to popular belief, killing the enemy is not a major factor in winning the counterinsurgency fight in Afghanistan. The major factors in achieving strategic success in counterinsurgency are to provide security for the populace, building...
The mission of the Embedded Tactical Trainer (ETT) is to train side-by-side with an Afghan counterpart. It is the intent of this training to aid and train the Afghan senior leadership in daily operations of a functioning Company, Battalion, Brigade...
Afghanistan looms as the key foreign policy challenge for the Obama administration. Under the previous Bush administration, foreign policy was driven primarily by security considerations, and Afghanistan was viewed a frontline state in the Global...
This paper will describe some of the duties I, as a First Sergeant, had while deployed to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. I will also cover some of the key events, challenges and lessons learned from one combat mission in which I...
This monograph examines alternative approaches to U.S. COIN operations in the eastern Pashtun tribal areas in Afghanistan that are sensitive to and inclusive of the key elements of the Pashtun code of Pashtunwali. The author reviews Pashtuns and...
The United States Government established provincial reconstruction teams (PRT) in early 2003 with the intent of spreading ISAF effects throughout Afghanistan. The mission of the PRTs was and is to increase economic and governance capacity in a...
From the initial invasion in 2001 through the ongoing counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has been challenged with truly understanding the socio-cultural dynamics of the local populace which has become known as the...
Since its inception in 2001, the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) has been a geographically limited force addressing a problem that is not geographically constrained. ISAF operations were limited to Kabul initially. In 2003, the...
Force caps and related command and control issues had a considerable influence on the conduct of operations in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. This paper attempts to answer the question, "Did force caps prevent ground component...
If the Department of Defense (DOD) better understands what legitimacy is, how strategic communication affects it, and how a prolonged counter-insurgency affects the legitimacy of specific Afghan and US institutions, we will be better prepared to...
Thesis Statement:
Weather and Terrain contributed to the defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan whereas the United States has limited the effects and gained moderate success in combat operations in Afghanistan. ABSTRACT:Weather and Terrain have...
After September 11, 2001, commonly referred to as 9-11, the 5th Special Forces Group out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky quickly isolated and mobilized to Afghanistan. Their mission was to hunt down both Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar and to...
Slovak MAJ Alexander Schober served as a fuel officer with the Central South Polish Command in Multinational Division - Central South (MND-Central South) during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and as contingent commander...
This thesis is about contemporary Romania and its adherence to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The object of research and analysis is to determine the extent to which Romania, as a NATO member, constitutes a reliable military ally...
In 2009 Norway released a strategy for a comprehensive approach in Afghanistan, emphasizing the need for improved civil-military cooperation. This paper explores the possible impact of the strategy on interagency unity of effort (UoE). Factors...
This study is a resource Soldiers can use to help prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan by creating a self-development plan using technology supported tools. First, the study identifies some types of knowledge technology supported tools can...
An effective financial system is essential to economic development. US Army doctrine acknowledges that military forces play an important role in supporting economic stabilization and infrastructure development. A specific task is to support the...
New data and previous studies were used with quantitative analysis to assess Afghanistan’s effect on water security in the Amu Darya river basin from 1995 to 2005. An event database constructed from open source news reporting and a geographic...
Over the past decade, the U.S. government struggled consistently to establish a solid foothold in the global marketplace of ideas. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and through two persistent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan the...