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...
The Army has equipped leaders with the tools to address most elements of a counterinsurgency. However, it has failed to do so with economics. This is because of three reasons. First, they cannot settle on a theory. Second is a lack of clearly...
LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
LTC Anthony Clemente served as intelligence officer with the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
In this interview, MAJ Casey Crowley, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT) commander for 3/61 CAV which is the reconnaissance squadron for 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) from 4th Infantry...
In this interview, MAJ Charles Bovey, US Army, Air Defense Artillery; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the joint operations center (JOC) shift director in 2009 through 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ Bovey talks...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Charles Slider, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as a troop commander for 1-32 Cavalry (CAV), 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Division in 2010 through 2011 in support of...
In this interview MAJ Heidi Urben discusses her 2004 to 2005 deployment to Afghanistan with the 25th ID as the intelligence officer for the plans section. The 25th ID deployed as the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF)-180, later re-designated...
From March to September 2004 and based out of Bagram, Afghanistan, Major James Dimon commanded Bravo Company, 214th Aviation Regiment - part of the 25th Aviation Brigade. Then, during the latter six months of his Operation Enduring Freedom...
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)...
In this interview, MAJ Jeffrey Hinds, US Army, Infantry, discusses his 12-month deployment to Afghanistan as the Alpha Company Commander for 2-327th; 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT); 101st in 2010 through 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...
A special tactics (ST) project officer for the Joint Special Operations Air Component during two separate deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, US Air Force Major Jerry Kung, in this interview, discusses the purpose and organization...
Major Rich Garey deployed as the commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in July 2003. He initially flew into Bagram and then moved his company to two...
Aprendendo com as guerras modernas: os imperativos de preparação para um futuro perigoso. General Peter W. Chiarelli, Exército dos EUA; Embora estejamos bastante comprometidos no Iraque, no Afeganistão e na Guerra Global Contra o Terrorismo e...
Além das armas e do aço: a restauração dos instrumentos não-militares do poder norte-americano. Secretário de Defesa Robert M. Gates; Olhando o mundo hoje, otimismo e idealismo parecem não ter lugar na mesa. Não há carência de ansiedade...
T. E. Lawrence: Ações Indiretas e o Emprego de Forças Especiais. Tenente-Coronel Alessandro Visacro, Exército Brasileiro; T. E. Lawrence é considerado um dos formuladores da moderna concepção de guerra de guerrilhas. Tanto sua experiência...
Lecciones aprendidas de las guerras modernas: Los puntos imprescindibles para prepararse para un futuro peligroso. Teniente General Peter W. Chiarelli, Ejército de EUA, y Mayor Stephen M. Smith, Ejército de EUA; Desde que regresé de mi segunda...
Más allá de las armas y el acero: La restauración de los instrumentos no militares del poder norteamericano. Una traducción de los comentarios del Secretario de Defensa el Dr. Robert M. Gates; Mirando alrededor del mundo ahora, el optimismo y...
Beyond guns and steel: reviving the nonmilitary: instruments of American power.Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; The secretary of defense says the U.S. must develop a cadre of deployable civilians to strengthen the Nation's "soft" power in...