Research Catalog

Title

Leveraging observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for global operations / Leslie Adrienne Payne, Jan Osburg.

Author

Payne, Leslie Adrienne.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

Osburg, Jan.

Description

xvi, 36 pages; 28 cm.

Summary

The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) requested that the RAND Corporation conduct a study on how to leverage observations from Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts in Afghanistan for global operations. Researchers interviewed 67 advisors and SFA practitioners at the tactical and operational levels to collect their firsthand insights into SFA. Interviewees included members of security force assistance teams and Special Forces Operational Detachments-Alpha, senior leadership at the brigade level, and AWG Operational Advisers. The enduring nature of most of these challenges suggests that solutions still remain uncertain. Future SFA missions, such as those envisioned for the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces, can benefit from the experience gained from SFA in Afghanistan as captured in this report. These lessons need to be incorporated both at the institutional level and by individual SFA advisers.

Series Statement

Research report

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Alternative Title

Leveraging observations of SFA in Afghanistan for global operations

Subjects

• Afghanistan > Afghan National Army
• Military assistance, American > Afghanistan
• United States > Armed Forces > Stability operations
• International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
• Combined operations (Military science)
• Internal security > Afghanistan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- The security force assistance process -- Identifying and leveraging key security force assistance insights -- Sustainability of security force assistance results : the development paradox and host-nation autonomy -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JAX B-23075

ISBN

• 9780833081902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 083308190X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013038833

OCLC

858975690

Author

Payne, Leslie Adrienne.

Title

Leveraging observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for global operations / Leslie Adrienne Payne, Jan Osburg.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Research report

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Osburg, Jan.

Research Call Number

JAX B-23075