ACCOUNTABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN
The Army is now preparing for the drawdown of troops and equipment from Afghanistan, which promises to be particularly challenging given the wide dispersion of personnel in austere environments. Here, paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division execute theater property transfer to the 4th Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Summer Barkley, 401st AFSB)
ASC provides oversight of the work- force; communicates the overall mission and vision; and programs, oversees and executes career management activities for the workforce, particularly in the areas of acquisition policy, training and career development.
Most of the current institutionalized training focuses on a program’s cost, schedule,
system performance, risk,
contracts management and life-cycle support. Minimal training is dedicated to executing these competencies in an operational environment, or to the tac- tics, techniques and procedures required for the workforce to successfully con- duct retrograde activities.
For the ASA(ALT) community to become more efficient in collaborating during retrograde operations, insti- tutionalized training must
focus on
activities in a drawdown environment. Tis will greatly reduce the learn- ing curve in theater and will facilitate a more rapid ASA(ALT) integration with the warfighter, operational staffs and logisticians.
Additionally, conducting fielding and PBUSE transactions at the level of ARCENT’s theater property book offi- cer is a relatively new concept to many PEO and PM organizations. Indeed, they were not cognizant of the degree of coordination that must occur at the TPB level to ensure that the equip- ment is properly entered into PBUSE. Formally institutionalizing these skill sets at the staff officer and lower levels would reduce the amount of on-the- job training needed, and would ensure that personnel understand the details involved in meeting the stated directives.
PERSONNEL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY As we prepared to draw down from Iraq, centralized control of deployed person- nel in theater was vital to ensure positive accounting of all personnel while permit- ting the necessary flexibility to meet the warfighter’s mission.
At the peak of the Iraq drawdown, there were more than 1,700 ASA(ALT) personnel in theater, dispersed at more than 30 different forward operating bases (FOBs)
throughout the country.
Approximately 75 percent of those personnel were contractors. In light of changing FOB closure schedules, it was crucial to have a succinct process for maintaining command, control and accountability for personnel.
DOD’s Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker is the official
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