THE CONTINUING MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN


approval by the legislature) of


laws


to


In July 2015, as we looked at the future of this mission as well as the declining budget authorities, we decided that we needed to change the way that we did business in Afghanistan.


establish such a capability. CSTC-A has a TAA role with this authority, and we sit as observers in every meeting of the National Procurement Commission as the guest of the president.


Te establishment of these procurement bodies has moved the Afghan nation forward in its ability to show the Afghan people and the international commu- nity transparency in how it uses its own resources as well as those of donor nations.


SUSTAINMENT Essential Function 5 (EF5), led by Ken Watson, leads the effort in the TAA of the Afghans in sustainment. (Currently serving on a one-year deployment as the executive director of sustainment and the EF5 lead, Watson is permanently assigned as the deputy director for strategy, capa- bilities, policy and logistics (J-5/J-4) at the U.S. Transportation Command.)


One of eight essential functions included in the Resolute Support Mission, EF5 efforts aim to enable effective demand- based systems to meet


strategic and


operational requirements in facilities management, maintenance, medical sup- port and logistics.


LEADING THE TRANSITION MG Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr., CSTC-A commander, kicks off a January meeting of the Oversight and Coordination Body at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. The meeting gave donor nation ambas- sadors, CSTC-A personnel, international partners and Afghan leaders the opportunity to review progress on transparency, accountability and affordability initiatives. (U.S. military photo by LT Charity A. Edgar, CSTC-A Public Affairs)


Watson’s team is the key life-cycle man- agement office for every materiel item in the Afghan military, except for aviation, and has established the processes and procedures for each class of supply and each materiel end item. Te efforts of the EF5 team completely changed the way business is done here, and have created combat capabilities and pockets of self- reliance in the ANDSF. Tere is a long way to go in sustainment and mainte- nance, but the core has been established.


CSTC-A continues to do much more than I have discussed here, including


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