The Afghan National Army: Has capacity building become culture building?

摘要

The past decade has been a period of tremendous growth for the U.S. Army. In addition to a modest increase in manpower-a trend which will soon be reversed-the Army has become more agile, more adaptive, and more technologically sophisticated. However, perhaps the greatest advances made are doctrinal. Eleven years of experience on the counter-insurgency (COIN) battlefield and the 2006 publication of a field manual (FM) on the subject have codified hard-earned lessons regarding, among other things, the importance of culture in a COIN environment.