Using a methodology consisting of identifying the policy and associated strategy for the initial Afghanistan war period compared to the policy and associated strategy for the current Afghanistan war, the study identifies strategic composition...
This paper describes my experience while deployed to Afghanistan as the Operations
NCOIC for Psychological Operation Task Force-Afghanistan. We supported
Combined Joint Task Force-76. I include my experience as a PSYOP Planner when I
worked with...
In the last ten years, the United States military has dealt with emerging counterinsurgencies in multiple operational theaters. To deal with the complex nature of counterinsurgency, organizational planning and operational processes increasingly...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) current organization and its role in recent stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The thesis begins by looking at some of the historic missions for...
By examining four historical contexts featuring corps headquarters performing their doctrinal roles, this study indentified three signposts that assist practitioners with anticipating the future role of a corps headquarters at onset and throughout...
From January through December 2005, Major James Schreiner served as a joint staff planner in the Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan CJ7 engineer directorate. More specifically, in the first half of his tour, he was the lead engineer planner for...
As the deputy joint staff communications officer (J6) in Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) from August 2004 through February 2005, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Bruce Verde had a wide variety of responsibilities, which he discusses in depth...
There is a common view within the United States Army that Information Operations is a military doctrine designed to win a "battle of ideas" within human populations. This monograph refutes this understanding of Information Operations by tracing the...
The aim of my paper is explain what lead up to the birth of a stronger Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) CORP in Afghanistan during the creation of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA). In support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), I was tasked to...
The conflicts of Vietnam and Afghanistan have many similarities. The lessons learned during Vietnam can be of great value if used. There are three critical factors that impacted the battlefield during both conflicts. These factors are border...
MAJ Harold Montoya served as knowledge management officer and communications officer with the joint communications section (CJ-6) of Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan (CFC-A) in Kabul, Afghanistan during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation...
As the military liaison officer (LNO) to other government agencies - mainly the CIA and the FBI - Major Melissa Fozman, based at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in Kabul, supported Operation Enduring Freedom from July 2004 through January 2005....
Major William Rom is a combat engineer with an ROTC commission. Posted to an advisory billet as an Active Component/Reserve Component soldier with the 187th Engineer Battalion, Rock Hill, South Carolina, he helped prepare several National Guard...
From June through November 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Doug Lilly - a foreign area officer - supported Operation Enduring Freedom from Kabul as the regional engagement cell chief of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's political-military integration...
The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is essential in today's contemporary operating environment. ICT now serves as a cross-sector enabler for all elements of national power due to the nature of Full Spectrum...
The most respected theorists of counterinsurgency agree about prescriptive principles for the organization of counterinsurgency campaigns. Insurgencies and counterinsurgency campaigns are each unique (sui generis), yet the theorists help provide...
The U.S. Army has directed that its entire force must be capable of conducting what it terms Full Spectrum Operations, which is being able to conduct offensive, defensive, stability, and/or civil support operations, simultaneously in the 21st...
This thesis seeks to illustrate both the benefits and limitations associated with using road building in COIN campaigns in South Asia, as well as highlight factors that should be considered from planning through long-term use. When employed in a...
The lack of coordination outlined in the US Institute for Peace's (USIP's) Guide for Participants in Peace, Stability, and Relief Operations primer is the driving force behind this monograph and its title. 'Coordination without Borders' is a...
As with a local insurgency, the Global War on Terror requires the US and her allies to win the support of neutral, wavering and hostile audiences in addition to defeating an enemy. At the tactical and operational levels of war, those audiences...