Implications of the Security Cooperation Office transition in Afghanistan for Special Operations Forces : an abbreviated report of the study's primary findings / Jason H. Campbell, Richard Girven, Ben Connable, Jonah Blank, Raphael S. Cohen, Larry Hanauer, William Young, Linda Robinson, Sean Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Jason H., author.

Cohen, Raphael S., author.

Girven, Richard, author.

Connable, Ben, author.

Blank, Jonah, author.

Robinson, Linda, 1962- author.

Hanauer, Larry, author.

Mann, Sean, author.

Young, William, author.

Contributor:

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Rand Corporation, publisher.

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsor.

International Security and Defense Policy Center, issuing body.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interagency coordination--United States--Case studies.

Interagency coordination.

Combined operations (Military science)--Case studies.

Combined operations (Military science).

Special forces (Military science)--United States.

Special forces (Military science).

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Other Title:

Implications of the Security Cooperation Office Transition in Afghanistan for Special Operations Forces

Summary:

"This report presents findings from an examination of six historical case studies in which the mission of special operations forces (SOF) in each of the six countries transitioned over time to include some level of inclusion in the U.S. embassy's Security Cooperation Office (SCO). The authors provide background and context for SOF missions in Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Uganda, and Yemen and explain the interactions and relationships between SOF organizations and personnel in the U.S. country team in each embassy. Drawing on existing literature and extensive interviews with mission stakeholders, the authors characterize how U.S. SOF transitions in each of these nations have affected SOF's ability to conduct ongoing missions, and they derive best practices for SOF when transitioning to a SCO in general and for NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan/Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan to transition to a SCO in particular"--Publisher's web site.

Contents:

Lessons learned, challenges, and implications for Afghanistan

Working with the interagency : country team

Working with the interagency : stateside

Working with the host nation

Working within the SOF community.