{"id":28882,"date":"2018-11-01T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/01\/dod-hasnt-followed-centcom-deployment-requirements-for-advisers-heading-to-afghanistan-report-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:54:26","slug":"dod-hasnt-followed-centcom-deployment-requirements-for-advisers-heading-to-afghanistan-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/11\/01\/dod-hasnt-followed-centcom-deployment-requirements-for-advisers-heading-to-afghanistan-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD hasn\u2019t followed CENTCOM deployment requirements for advisers heading to Afghanistan, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense has not been following through on adviser training for some of its service members before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/10\/22\/service-member-killed-in-suspected-insider-attack-in-afghanistan\/\" target=_blank>deploying them to Afghanistan<\/a>, going against U.S. Central Command requirements, a government watchdog reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an anonymous survey, nearly half of U.S. uniformed personnel serving as advisers at Afghanistan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2018\/03\/23\/dod-ig-31-billion-in-funding-to-afghanistan-improperly-managed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Defense<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/30\/militants-apparently-wore-us-military-uniforms-in-attack-on-afghanistan-ministry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of the Interior<\/a> said they received no adviser training before deploying, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/21\/watchdog-report-questions-us-claim-on-afghan-war-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction<\/a> said in its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigar.mil\/pdf\/audits\/SIGAR%2019-03-AR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">audit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/13\/us-air-force-armys-101st-airborne-division-called-in-to-help-defend-major-afghan-city\/\" target=_blank>Afghan government officials<\/a>&#8216; resource management, procurement, logistics, maintenance capabilities and overall sustainability, NATO\u2019s Resolute Support mission provides advisers to the MoD and MoI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These DoD personnel come from all four branches of the U.S. military, as well as those of NATO allies. They are separate from troops, such as those in the Army\u2019s 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, who deploy to Afghanistan to advise Afghan security forces at the corps and lower levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to ensure these advisers can work effectively with Afghan officials at the ministry level, DoD created a 10-day Senior Leader Advising Training course, followed by mandating attendance at the NATO adviser training program in Poland, which were approved in February 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/16\/us-has-limited-contact-oversight-of-afghan-troops-and-the-gear-theyve-been-given\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4344614.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US has limited contact, oversight of Afghan troops and the gear they\u2019ve been given<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Government Accountability Office has found that U.S. advisers almost never interact at the tactical level with conventional Afghan troops.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this requirement, the pre-deployment training for U.S. uniformed personnel \u201cremains less than satisfactory,&#8221; according to the CENTCOM commander\u2019s Memorandum for Chief of Staff of the Army, dated July 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the 103 people who responded to SIGAR\u2019s survey and self-identified as advisers at the MoD or the MoI, 20 further identified themselves as U.S. military uniformed personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of those 20, nine indicated that they did not receive any adviser training before deploying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFurthermore, according to officials we interviewed, the uniformed advisers tend to have the least advisory-specific training,\u201d SIGAR\u2019s report reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, the senior [Combined Security Transition Command \u2013 Afghanistan] official with oversight of coalition advising personnel said other NATO and coalition countries\u2019 pre-deployment training varies from country to country, but they tend to offer more training than the U.S. armed services,&#8221; SIGAR\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1197\" height=\"627\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFPAK-Hands_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFPAK-Hands_web.jpg.jpg 1197w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFPAK-Hands_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFPAK-Hands_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFPAK-Hands_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1197px) 100vw, 1197px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Air Force Maj. Christy Barry, a lawyer and member of the first cohort of U.S. service members and civilians in the AFPAK Hands program, speaks Dari with Afghan national army officers in April 2010 at the Counter Insurgency Training Academy on Camp Julien, Afghanistan. ( Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even among all the U.S. advisers sent to positions at the Afghan MoD and MoI, regular uniformed personnel receive uniquely limited training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon also sends military personnel from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2018\/08\/21\/commentary-the-afpak-hands-program-was-a-retention-nightmare-its-been-transformed\/\" target=_blank>Afghanistan Hands Program<\/a> to conduct an advisory mission, for instance. These Afghan Hands serve three consecutive one-year tours: an initial deployment to Afghanistan, an Afghan-related posting stateside and then a second deployment to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SIGAR report said these individuals\u2019 training consists of 16 weeks of Dari language training, two weeks of cultural and regional training, and six to 10 weeks of combat skills training before the first deployment. Before their second deployment, Afghan Hands complete another six to eight weeks of combat skills training and 14 more weeks of language sustainment training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for regular U.S. uniformed personnel, training is significantly more limited in scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCENTCOM could not tell us which uniformed personnel attended the required adviser training programs, and the command does not track which advisers complete training,\u201d SIGAR officials said. \u201cOne senior [Combined Security Transition Command \u2013 Afghanistan] official said that because many uniformed personnel are performing advising duties but are not formally in advising positions, they are not coded as advisers and may not receive adviser-related training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his July memorandum, the CENTCOM commander said the reason many uniformed advisers do not attend the required adviser training 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