Afghan Partnership at the Company Level-Lessons Learned From an Embedded Training Team

摘要

The 515th Engineer Company deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in late February 2011. Within weeks of arriving at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ghazni, the 515th was partnered with the Route Clearance Company (RCC), 3d Brigade, 203d Corps, Afghan National Army (ANA), which arrived at nearby FOB Vulcan straight from its validation training in Kabul. Because of poor communication among the RCC's American trainers in Kabul, its ANA higher headquarters, and the Polish military operational environment owner, FOB Vulcan was not adequately prepared to receive the RCC. The colocated ANA higher headquarters was not ready to provide housing, heat, or power, which caused problems when temperatures dropped below freezing at night.