This monograph introduces a method of better capturing the interaction of hard and soft power termed "Hybrid Power." Hybrid power captures the essence of simultaneity as hard and soft power is exerted by a single element to create the desired...
Major Michelle Vancourt, an Air Force officer, served as the director of staff and the protocol officer for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing at Manas Airbase, Kyrgyzstan, from May through September 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
In this interview, Major Carey Eichhorst talks about her three-month service as the personnel support for contingency operations (PERSCO) team chief at Manas Airbase, Kyrgyzstan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She discusses her role in...
From March 2007 through June 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Chris Grose served as initially the executive officer and then the operations officer for the 70th Engineer Battalion, which was focused primarily on route clearance...
Major Brian Patterson, US Air Force, served as the air support operations center chief for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, from May through August 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this...
This personal experience paper was prepared to historically document my recent deployment to Afghanistan as a member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group. During this deployment, I served as the Headquarters and Support Company First...
From October 2007 through April 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Terry Walter, US Air Force, served as a staff engineer with Combined Security Transitions Command-Afghanistan, based at Camp Eggers in Kabul. In this interview, he...
MAJ Andy Dziengeleski served as the Chief of Force Management under the CJ3 directorate in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2005 and 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this February 2009 interview, MAJ Dziengeleski discusses his...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
A veteran of two deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism, Major Geoff Van Epps, in this two-part interview, discusses each of them, beginning with his July to December 2002 tour as part of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan,...
A KC-135 maintenance commander with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Major George Unsinger deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, in August 2002 and spent the next three months supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, located...
The commander of the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when he was given the opportunity to lead an embedded training team (ETT) to Afghanistan, Colonel Dominic Cariello arrived in theater in February 2006 and, during his...
One of the effects from the September 11th terrorist attacks was an intensified United States strategic partnership with the Central Asian states. Geographically, Central Asia is critical to the GWOT. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)...
This paper describes U.S. Army Airfield operations from May 2004 to May 2005 at Forward Operating Base Salemo in eastern Afghanistan (Khowst) near the Pakistan border. The non-doctrinal operation of the 870th Movement Control Detachment and its...
At the time an instructor in the Department of Military Instruction at West Point, Major Mark Winkler assisted the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in developing their military science program in Kabul, Afghanistan, from August through...
Major Chris Medina served as the deputy provost marshal for 10th Mountain Division in Kabul from January through December 2006 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In this interview, he talks about the need for negotiation training among those...
Major Matthew Payne served as commander of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division. 1-9 Field Artillery was direct support to the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team in support of Operations Desert...
From 1990 to 2010, China's military experienced a massive modernization effort. U.S. efforts to determine the scale and scope of this effort were incorrect. In the case of the People's Liberation Army Air Forces (PLAAF), advanced technology and a...
Force caps and related command and control issues had a considerable influence on the conduct of operations in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. This paper attempts to answer the question, "Did force caps prevent ground component...
Major Matt Dale served as a strategic planner in the CJ5 plans section at Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from February 2006 until September 2006. After being promoted to major, Dale volunteered for a...