Implications Of The Security Cooperation Office Transition in Afghanistan For Special Operations Forces: An Abbreviated Report of the Study's Primary Findings

Abstract

The U.S. special operations forces (SOF) mission in Afghanistan is scheduled to transition over the next few years. As the nature of the environment evolves to something more closely resembling a normal host-nation setting, there will be a transition from a large SOF presence with semiautonomous command and control functions to a much smaller liaison or representational footprint within the U.S. embassy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1053356

Entities

People

  • Ben Connable
  • Jason H. Campbell
  • Jonah Blank
  • Larry Hanauer
  • Linda Robinson
  • Raphael S. Cohen
  • Richard Girven
  • Sean Mann
  • William Young

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Agreements
  • Best Practices
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Security
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control