Some added news on the Training and Mentoring mission
in Afghanistan.
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"...Approximately 3,300 soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, from Fort Bragg, N.C., along with approximately 700 additional training and support personnel will deploy to Afghanistan...
LINK
My spies tell me the Div and Bde will handle the trainup at Bragg...
He was doing great until he hit three traffic bumps at high speed.
Disarming Afghans and disarming the Paramilitary Groups in Colombia are two very different things...
LINK. Check # 101 and # 204.
A tradition of central government versus no such tradition.
Having said that, it is a better example than Iraq... ;)
Not stated who's advising what nor do we yet know
who or what those 700 added persons to the Bde happen to be. The most important thing that will happen is that Joe and the NCOs will react with and show the Host nation troops how to behave. Example is better than advice.
Not to mention that time and experience do not equal competence...
Not that, in Afghanistan, there will be that many with a lifetime of military experience -- fighting experience isn't the same thing.
For some of the probabilities
look at the SFA: Mosul Case Study that Rob Thornton, Marc Tyrrell, and I posted on the Journal (SWJ). (I should note that Rob was kind enough to include us as co-authors mainly for our single chapters and snide comments:wry:)
Although Mosul in 2006 - 7 was hardly representative of Iraq as a whole, then or later, there were lessons to be adapted that were useful later. More adaptation to differing conditions in Afghanistan suggests how regular trops might be best used in the mission - much of it in a partnering role.
Cheers
JohnT
In related news, NATO creating 2-hat training command
So, more horses to pull the training wagon, duplication or wait and see?
Quote:
NATO’s Heads of State and Government at the Alliance’s 60th Anniversary Summit meeting in Strasbourg-Kehl, announced today the establishment of a NATO Training Mission for Afghanistan (NTM-A). This mission will further support the development of capable and self-sustaining Afghan National Security Forces. It will comprise senior-level mentoring of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and an expanded role in developing professional Afghan National Police (ANP). The mission will operate under a dual-hatted command, with a single commander for both the US-led Combined Security Transition Command- Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and the NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan. The mission will provide higher-level training for the ANA, including defence colleges and academies, and will be responsible for doctrine development, as well as training and mentoring for the ANP .... In practical terms, the new mission means bringing most of current army and police training under a single umbrella, drawing on and better utilising resources that are already in theatre. NATO’s military authorities will work over the coming weeks to determine the appropriate command structure for NTM-A to enable it to conduct police training and mentoring. The military authorities, in consultation with the Afghan Ministries of Defence and Interior, CSTC-A, EUPOL, and the International Police Coordination Board, will also examine and determine an appropriate level of skill development for the various Afghan police forces.
Link here for more from this NATO backgrounder.
And the new word of the month is....
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Originally Posted by
ODB
You just had to say that word..... I had abstained from using that word for at least a good month. Even at work, my new word that I scream daily is "PLANNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
....well....how about beer? :)