Building Special Operations Partnerships in Afghanistan and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building Special Operations Partnerships in Afghanistan and Beyond write by Austin Long. This book was released on 2015-07-29. Building Special Operations Partnerships in Afghanistan and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report summarizes key special operations forces (SOF) partnering practices and presents findings from case studies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia. It also identifies best practices to benefit development of SOF in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Building Special Operations Relationships with Fragile Partners:
Building Special Operations Relationships with Fragile Partners: - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building Special Operations Relationships with Fragile Partners: write by Torsten Gojowsky. This book was released on 2019-02-18. Building Special Operations Relationships with Fragile Partners: available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Relationships empower Special Operations Forces (SOF) to perform as a highly skilled and reliable cadre in collaboration with local partner forces to prevent and solve shared problem sets, often accomplishing more with less. Since 9/11, however, relationships between SOF and their partners have not always been properly built and maintained. The authors trace the causal effects of constraints, trainings, and incentives and their impact on the current North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) SOF approach of building enduring relationships. Motivated by numerous deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, with recurring problem sets, we chose to conduct a struc-tured-focused comparison between U.S. and Danish SOF supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in Al Anbar, Iraq (2015-2018) and German SOF during the shift of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force to Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan (2013-2015). The analysis of these cases finds that specific interactions of the studied factors not only cause variations in relationships between SOF and partner forces, but ultimately influence operations and objectives determining mission success or failure. With further testing of our analysis and recommendations, this research can help to identify inherently flexible and nested strategic options for SOF senior leaders, allowing them to deploy SOF elements efficiently during times of asymmetric, diffuse, and episodic conflicts. Gojowsky and Koegler have written a fascinating and important manuscript concerning the use and lessons-learned of SOF in recent asymmetrical conflicts. In doing so, the authors systematically assess modern SOF tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and relationships between NATO SOF and their local partners. This is a must-read for those interested in the future of SOF as well as counter-insurgencies' future TTPs, constraints and incentives. Gojowsky and Koegler recommendations should be carefully considered by NATO and its member countries. Professor Thomas H. Johnson, Author of "Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict", Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
In the Warlords' Shadow
In the Warlords' Shadow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the Warlords' Shadow write by Daniel R Green. This book was released on 2017-07-15. In the Warlords' Shadow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2010, U.S. special operations forces (SOF) in Afghanistan began a new and innovative program to fight the Taliban insurgency using the movement's structure and strategy against it. The Village Stability Operations/Afghan Local Police initiative consisted of U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEAL teams embedding with villagers to fight the Taliban holistically. By enlisting Afghans in their own defense, organizing the local populace, and addressing their grievances with the Afghan government, SOF was able to defeat the Taliban’s military as well as its political arm. Combining the traditions of U.S. Army Special Forces with the lessons learned in the broader SOF community from years of counterinsurgency work in Iraq and Afghanistan, this new approach fundamentally changed the terms of the conflict with the Taliban. However, little has been written about this initiative outside of the special operations community until now. In this first-hand account of how the Village Stability Operations program functioned, Daniel R. Green provides a long-term perspective on how SOF stabilized the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, the site of the Pashtun uprising against the Taliban in 2001 led by Hamid Karzai, future president of Afghanistan. In the Warlords’ Shadow offers a comprehensive overview of how SOF adapted to the unique demands of the local insurgency and is a rare, inside look at how special operations confronted the Taliban by fighting a “better war” and in so doing fundamentally changed the course of the war in Afghanistan.
Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces
Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces write by Linda Robinson. This book was released on 2022. Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Advising the Command
Advising the Command - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Advising the Command write by Todd C. Helmus. This book was released on 2015. Advising the Command available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Identifies best practices for Special Operations Advisory Groups, which are tasked with advising headquarter elements of the Afghan Special Security Forces.
