This United States Army Sergeants Majors Academy Personal Experience Paper will detail the building, completion and implementation of the first set of fully functional ―Leadership Reaction and Training Courses‖ (LRTC) established in present day...
The development, establishment and execution to begin the mission of training the future Afghanistan National Army was monumental to say the least. The Soldiers in the unit conducted themselves in such a professional and mission focused attitude...
On January 1, 2004 while serving as the Sergeant Major for Task Force Martin as part of a motor movement along the Jalalabad (J-Bad) road, a bus in front of the United Nations Compound ran the vehicle I was riding in the road. The accident...
This monograph examines the changes in the US training of the Afghan National Army (ANA) from 2001 to present. It looks at historical examples of Security Force Assistance from the late 1700s through the 1990s to establish four training concepts to...
When 16 Air Assault Brigade (UK) was alerted for deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major John Clark was serving as a squadron commander in 23 Engineer Regiment (UK), a subordinate unit that was also tapped to...
For most of his January to November 2005 deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Major Christopher Plummer served as the training and fielding officer for the entire Afghan National Army (ANA), focusing on marksmanship, small unit...
Major Alex Sharpe, commissioned through the Reserve Officers Training Corps, mobilized for Afghanistan from the California National Guard in 2004. A 30-day training cycle at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, preceded his deployment in May 2004 as an...
The creation of the Afghanistan Army is still very much in the infant stages. In May 2002 the Afghanistan Army was established. Within one year of the activation of the Army NCOs established an NCO course at the Kabul Military Center. Given that...
Described in this paper through sections I, II, II, is my 9/11 day, and the difficulties I faced getting to Afghanistan. My assignment into a position that contributed to the building of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Described are some of my...
While participating in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), I had the first hand opportunity to see how the policies and public pressure of the United States had a direct effect on the progress of the Afghan National Army (ANA) ability reach a state...
Upon relinquishing his three-year command of a Wisconsin National Guard field artillery battalion, Lieutenant Colonel John Schroeder was offered the opportunity to volunteer for embedded training team (ETT) duty in Afghanistan, which he took, was...
This paper will illustrate a sequence of events that unfolded to meet a situational crisis in the Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan during my deployment for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2005-2006. I will illustrate the difficulties of...
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Slusher, a Kansas National Guard soldier, served on an embedded training team (ETT) in various places throughout Afghanistan in 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Slusher begins his interview by discussing the...
This paper describes some of the obstacles and lessons learned transforming indigenous personnel into an operational force. I will tell how our unit was initially formed, trained, and supplied. This paper will also describe the importance of...
This monograph investigates culture and society in Afghanistan and recommends an operational approach leveraging a blend of formal and traditional institutions, working with the propensity of the Afghan system, and building capacity and legitimacy...
From May 2008 through May 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Colonel Wade Sokolosky served as the senior logistician, the CJ4, for Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CTSC-A). In this two-part interview, he discusses the...
From March through June 2004 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Major Dan Williamson served as the officer in charge of a mobile training team (MTT) tasked with teaching combat service support members of Afghan National Army...
Abstract: The flexibility and initiative of the United States Army Soldier is an amazing thing. I will share with you some of the unique challenges that the 41 51 Brigade, it's Soldiers, and I experienced from the time I transferred to the Brigade...
I joined the Afghan National Army around March 2003 with the hopes of continuing my education and contributing to the development of my country. Although my career has been difficult at times, my service has been rewarding in more ways than I could...
I will describe my experience during my deployment as part of Joint Task Force Phoenix II (JTF) to Afghanistan. Topics that I will address will include interactions with coalition forces as well as task organization for JTF Phoenix II. I will focus...