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...
In this interview, MAJ Andrew Bellocchio, US Army, Aviation; discusses his deployment to Afghanistan as the assistant professor and advisor for the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). ...
An individual augmentee on a two-month rotation between February and May 2005 with the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan, Major Brent Novak - at the time the chief of West Point's Leader Development Branch - was tasked with helping to...
MAJ Eric Crispino served as fire support officer (FSO) with 2-22nd Infantry and battery commander of Alpha Battery, 3-6 Field Artillery in Shkin and Kandahar, Afghanistan during 2003 and 2004, and as a curriculum developer at the National Military...
In this November 2012 interview, MAJ Kelly French, US Army, Adjutant General; discusses her six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a mentor for National Military of Afghanistan Academy (NMAA) in 2010 through 2011 in support of Operation Enduring...
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...
Tactical leader lessons learned in Afghanistan: operation enduring freedom VIII. Colonel William B. Ostlund, U.S. Army; During its 15 months in Afghanistan, the 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, spent 90 percent of its time training...
The Right Way: A Proposal for an Army Ethic. Lieutenant Colonel Clark C. Barrett, Ph.D., Michigan Army National Guard; A prize-winning author offers his proposal for an Army Ethic to serve the profession of arms.
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...