Category: Blog – General
Security and Literacy: Improving and Intertwined in Afghanistan
By LCDR Bert Hornyak, USN Executive Assistant — Trip Coordinator to Supreme Allied Commander Europe/ Commander US European Command SHAPE, Belgium I just attended literacy training – in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. The class was full of Afghan National Police recruits. It is part of the ongoing effort to increase literacy in the Afghan Security [...]
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Developing Afghan facility engineering is making visible progress
by Lt. Col. Ted Bernhard One of the current strategic objectives for the U.S.-led coalition is to field a 350,000 strong Afghan National Security Forces, including building the ANSF’s mission and support facilities. After completion, the maintenance and repair of those facilities will be a daunting task as the coalition transitions responsibility for facility [...]
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Patrolling with pride
By Capt. Jamie Humphries 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs A few days ago, I returned from my second trip to Shindand Air Base in Western Afghanistan. Shindand is home to the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group which conducts the Afghan Air Force advising mission for the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kabul. Shindand’s [...]
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Combined Joint Engineering Directorate Builds ANSF Facilities
By Maj. Gen. Peter N. Fuller U.S. Army Deputy Commander for Programs NATO Training Mission Afghanistan Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan In this post, I’d like to highlight the efforts of my Combined Joint Engineering directorate (CJ ENG), but first, it is worth noting that there are other engineering offices here in Afghanistan. ISAF [...]
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Ross Kemp, documentary team chronicle training mission
For his third time shooting in country, his team was intent on documenting the training mission for a tentative television program called “Ross Kemp: Afghanistan 10 years on.”
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Afghan led training highlights NTM-A success
By G. A. Volb NTM-A Public Affairs KABUL — In 2008 I touched down for the first time in Afghanistan and began spending quite a lot of time covering the coalition effort training the Afghan National Security Force — the national army and police. The vast majority of that training was being conducted by members of [...]
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District Stability Framework (DSF) in Afghanistan
By Kristine Ringlere A three-day District Stability Framework Mobile Training took place at FOB Ghazni with TF White Eagle from 8-10 July 2011. During the training course, members from the Polish PRT and USG participated in learning the methods that are used in the DSF. They will implement these methods and its tools, in [...]
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District Stability Framework in Afghanistan
By 1LT Jarvas Polk, USA CTC-A The three-day District Stability Framework course concluded on 20 Jun 2011 at the Counterinsurgency Training Center, Camp Julien, Kabul. Military and civilian students from Sweden, the UK, the USA, Australia and Portugal came together to study stability programming in the lead up to Afghanistan’s transition. “ I served [...]
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A Tale of Two Shuras
Ms. Hila Hanif Commander’s Action Group, NTM-A/CSTC-A In a country struggling to develop a system of governance that reconciles western democracy with its own traditional systems, the shura is a concept that resonates with Afghans. Afghans have held shuras, or community council meetings, for centuries. Now they’re welcoming ISAF personnel who embrace the opportunity to listen [...]
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Memories are irreplaceable
By Capt. Jamie Humphries 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Each Sunday morning I spent with dad was a pretty special day. I’d usually wake up early knowing full well that he would already be out the door to get his Sunday newspaper, but more importantly I knew he’d also go to the Red Barn [...]
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