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...
A veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan as part of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) - the first from January to August 2004 as the 1st Battalion, Charlie Company operations sergeant, the second from June 2005 to February 2006 as an...
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...
Foreign language proficiency and cultural understanding are and will remain critical skills for United States Army personnel. The Department of Defense (DoD) has recognized the importance of foreign language skills to national security. Future...
Mobilized in April 2005 for service in Afghanistan as a company embedded training team (ETT) leader, full-time National Guardsman Major John Bates arrived in country in July and linked up with 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade of the 205th...
In this third of three interviews reference his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major Jason Warner discusses his February to November 2006 deployment to Afghanistan, during which he served initially as the military intelligence company (MICO)...
The U.S. Marine Corps faces great challenges as it participates in the Long War. To enhance its chances of success in this war, the Marine Corps must institutionalize the importance of cultural awareness in military operations by adopting a...
With combat formations schedule to begin drawing down in July 2011 and the role of US forces in Iraq already shifting away from the lead, the future of these two nations will grow increasingly dependent upon the indigenous security forces and the...
Unified Land Operations: The Evolution of Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century. Colonel Bill Benson, U.S. Army; The Army exploits the initiative to gain a position of advantage in unified land operations nested inside joint unified...
Lieutenant Commander Rick Timms served as the aircraft and mission commander onboard an EP-3 as part of a detachment from VQ-1 based out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in 2001. The US Navy had...
Major Thomas Clinton Jr., US Marine Corps, deployed to Afghanistan in April 2004 to lead a 13-man embedded training team assigned to coach, teach and mentor the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Afghan National Army Brigade, which was considered a commando...
During his August 2003 through July 2004 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Trent Darling deployed to Afghanistan with the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion and, initially, served as the liaison officer to the joint...
Mr. Gregory Burton, Foreign Service, US State Department, volunteered for duty as a member of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Afghanistan. From duty in 2005 as an economic officer with the American Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, Burton...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Major Stuart Farris deployed to Afghanistan for the second time in May 2004 as commander of ODA 341 in 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group. Once in Afghanistan, he moved his detachment to the village of Zormat in the Paktia Province. Based on...
In this joint interview, conducted while both were at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, attending the Pre-Command Course, Colonel David Paschal and Colonel David McCauley discuss their Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments,...
In this joint interview, conducted while both were at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, attending the Pre-Command Course, Colonel David Paschal and Colonel David McCauley discuss their Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments,...
The 21st Century has been dubbed an “era of persistent conflict” by U.S. military leaders. As a result, United States’ defense forces will have to operate in environments requiring a variety of “full spectrum operations” for the near...
The purpose of this monograph is to attempt to determine who is responsible for establishment and enforcement of standards that the civilian members of PRTs must accomplish in training before they deploy overseas. The Provincial Reconstruction...
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations chose to examine the Department of Defense (the Department, DOD) foreign language program's "transformation" efforts to improve language skills, regional expertise, and cultural...