Sustainability and affordability are key to the work of CSTC- A’s Capabilities Development Directorate to aid Afghan defense leaders in building the best possible army and police organizations in a resource-constrained environment.
by COL Garrett D. Heath T
he mission of the Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A) includes developing sustainable Afghan national defense and security forces (ANDSF) capacity and capabili- ties. CSTC-A’s Capabilities Development Directorate (CDD) is the
lead organization that trains, advises and assists Afghan leaders to develop and manage the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police force structures using the strategic guidance of coalition and Afghan senior defense officials and advisers.
CDD accomplishes this using a change process that develops documents prescrib- ing the capabilities, organizational structure and minimum essential wartime requirements for personnel and equipment for army and police organizations to accomplish their missions. Personnel and equipment authorizations are docu- mented using the Tashkil, a document similar to the U.S. Army’s modified table of organization and equipment.
