Building a Joint Security Cooperation Logistics Capability in Afghanistan
Abstract
The Joint Force Commander (JFC) requires a well-developed security cooperation program to conduct Stabilization, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations. They require and expect highly trained logistics personnel and a functional logistics system to deliver the logistics capabilities to execute their security cooperation operations. The reality is that JFCs often receive logisticians with limited or no training in security cooperation and struggle with a dysfunctional supply system that rarely meets regulatory and operational standards. The joint community's inability to provide qualified joint logisticians and modular structures to execute supply operations in support of security cooperation programs in deployed locations is a capability gap requiring resolution. The intent of this paper is to examine the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) security cooperation operations in support of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in conjunction with policy and joint doctrine in order to highlight lessons learned in developing a joint logistics team and functional logistics system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 18, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA478581
Entities
People
- Stephen E. Walker
Organizations
- United States Army War College