Title Building special operations partnerships in Afghanistan and beyond : challenges and best practices from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia / Austin Long, Todd C. Helmus, S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Christopher M. Schnaubelt, Peter Chalk

Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 100 pages) Contents Preface -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's National Mission Units -- Chapter Three: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's Provincial Response Companies -- Chapter Four: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The ANASOF Special Operations Kandaks -- Chapter Five: SOF Partnership in Iraq -- Chapter Six: SOF Partnership in Colombia -- Chapter Seven: Best Practices and Recommendations for SOF Partnering -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: SOF Partnership Beyond Afghanistan -- Appendix: Interview Protocol -- References Summary "Building the capacity of Afghan Special Operations Forces (SOF) is a key goal of the United States and its coalition partners. This report summarizes key partnering practices and presents findings from SOF partnership case studies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia. The goal is to identify best practices to benefit the development of Afghan SOF, as well as for special operations partnerships beyond Afghanistan"--Publisher's description Notes "RR-713-OSD." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100) Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed August 18, 2015) Subject Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan Military assistance, American -- Iraq Military assistance, American -- Colombia Soldiers -- Training of -- Afghanistan Soldiers -- Training of -- Iraq Soldiers -- Training of -- Colombia Nation-building -- Afghanistan Nation-building -- Iraq Nation-building -- Colombia Internal security -- Afghanistan Internal security -- Iraq Internal security -- Colombia HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. Internal security Military assistance, American Military relations Nation-building Soldiers -- Training of SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Armed Forces -- Training of Iraq -- Armed Forces -- Training of Colombia -- Armed Forces -- Training of United States -- Military relations -- Afghanistan United States -- Military relations -- Iraq. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001006013 United States -- Military relations -- Colombia Subject Afghanistan Colombia Iraq United States Form Electronic book Author National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body. ISBN 9780833087621 0833087622 9780833087607 0833087606

Other Titles Challenges and best practices from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia

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