The thesis addresses the development of the current Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This topic was chosen because the international community, in consultation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has established 2014...
Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many future operations will center on developing capability and capacity of host nation (HN) or other foreign security forces. In February 07, the U.S. Army stated in a message to all Army...
In order to facilitate U. S. national security strategy, the U. S. Military has a renewed focus on conducting Stability Operations. These complex operations often take place over long periods and involve various different, but interrelated tasks....
Australian military forces across a broad spectrum of military rank and branch are serving a crucial operational requisite for enduring stability in Iraq through the training of Iraqi security forces. There most certainly exist numerous...
Current and Future Warfighting Network-Enabled Battle Command. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Technological innovations play a paradoxical role in military transformation. While they help resolve existing battlefield...
In the wake of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the most intensely debated issues concerning the conduct of the war has been the level of troops committed to the effort. Military observers, policy makers, military officers, and...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational...
This Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) handbook assists company-, battalion-, and brigade-level officers and noncommissioned officers to effectively use money as a weapons system on the counterinsurgency (COIN) battlefield. Coalition money is...
MAJ Juan Nava served as the joint intelligence officer and joint operations officer on a transition team during 2005 and 2006 at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Loyalty in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2009...
Major Dom Clementi, a field artillery officer, deployed to Afghanistan in October 2003 while commanding Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery. Originally designed to provide direct support fires to the 3rd ACR, Clementi's battery...
A Regular Army signal officer assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq from October 2004 to November 2005, Major Rodney Penny augmented the headquarters of the first National Guard division "to be called onto active duty to command and...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine the ideal practices for militias and irregular forces in counterinsurgency operations. This study specifically addresses those groups organized by a legitimate sponsor such as the Host Nation or one of...
Are Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCTs) effective in counterinsurgency (COIN) operations with the capabilities to clear, hold, build, and sustain success? This research examined the modular HBCT's capabilities to execute the clear-hold-build COIN...
Major Phuc Buu served as a staff officer, first as the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team officer for the Multinational Corps-Iraq Iraqi Security Force (ISF) cell, then as a liaison officer for Multinational Security Transition...
Major Chris Liermann, Quartermaster Corps, deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 through June 2004. In response to a US Army Training and Doctrine Command requirement, he came from the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee,...
Lessons learned from past battles fought in military history can aid in the success of
future military operations if incorporated in the planning and execution process. Leaders should
therefore have a functional knowledge of military history....
This report to Congress is submitted pursuant to the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H. R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on...
The changing strategic environment has necessitated a shift in Army training from traditional maneuver warfare to full-spectrum operations to defeat irregular, catastrophic, and disruptive challenges more effectively. The problem is that...
The US Army had difficulty initiating and conducting advisory operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom due to the lack of an institutionalized advisory capability. The need to create an advisory capability after the requirement developed, resulted in...