Fighting without Thinking: Issues with Afghan Military Education

Abstract

This paper used an evaluation framework to provide solutions to the question: How can US forces resolve inadequacies in the training of the Afghan National Security Forces? Conclusions were formulated by studying the human capital issue with regards to the IMET program. Once data was collected, four criteria requirements were defined to ensure an adequate process. Finally, four different Courses of Action were compared using the previously defined criteria requirements.The conclusions are that the United States has been providing funding and training to Afghan military personnel, and it will be almost impossible for the US to affect the Afghan IMET program if Afghans do not act in the form of reforms to their AWOL and military service commitment policies. Measures which force Afghans to bend to US will would create animosity. Advising the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior to change their policies seemed to be the most viable option since it met all the criteria requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1054693

Entities

People

  • Enrique Mendezaceves

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Aircrafts
  • Economics
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • New York
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges

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  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies