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Send us a text however note we cannot reply through these means. Please message the instagram or email if you are wanting a response. On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Jordan Fitzgerald NZ Commando, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, founder Warfighter AthleticJordan enlisted in the New Zealand defence force in 2007 serving in the 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. During his infantry career Jordan deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as part of the ISAF. In 2014 Jordan attempted selection for the SAS and was selected for the Commando pipeline. In 2018 Jordan can up with the concept for Warfighter Athletic a fitness and lifestyle inspired brand to better individuals. In 2020 Jordan ended his career in the commandos spending the last couple of years conducting grey role operations before moving into a fulltime role at Warfighter Athletic. "Pursue Excellence" www.3zeroscoffee.com.auInstargram @3zeroscoffee Discount Code 3ZLimits Website - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=enHost - Matty Morris www.instagram.com/matty.m.morrisSponsorsGatorz Australia - www.gatorzaustralia.com15% Discount Code - ZERO15(former/current military & first responders 20% discount to order please email orders@gatorzaustralia.com.auGetSome Jocko Fuel - www.getsome.com.au10 % Discount Code - ZEROLIMITS

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Suomi lähti Afganistaniin vuonna 2002. Määränpäänä oli YK:n ISAF-operaatio maan pääkaupungissa Kabulissa. Muutamaa vuotta myöhemmin operaatiosta vastasi Nato ja se kattoi jo koko maan. Samalla rauhanturvaamisesta oli tullut kriisinhallintaa ja sodankäyntiä. Tässä jaksossa suuntaamme katseemme Afganistaniin – maahan ja sotaan, jossa Suomi oli mukana lähes kahden vuosikymmenen ajan. Miksi Afganistaniin mentiin? Mitä suomalaiset joukot siellä tarkalleen ottaen tekivät? Millaista arki kentällä oikeasti oli? Entä mitä operaatioista jäi jäljelle? Jakson vieraina ovat asianajaja, rauhanturvaaja Klaus Ilmonen ja Kriisinhallintakeskuksen johtava asiantuntija Jyrki Ruohomäki.J akson juontavat Ida-Susanna Pöllänen ja Olli Puumalainen. Jakson leikkasi Pauliina Saloranta.

2001 invaderade USA, med hjälp av sina NATO-allierade, Afghanistan med syfte att störta Talibanregimen som styrt landet sedan 1996. Sammantaget var kriget i Afghanistan mycket kort, men ockupationen desto längre. Operation Enduring Freedom var en direkt konsekvens av attackerna mot New Yorks Twin Towers i september 2001. Men konflikten mellan de islamistiska terrororganisationerna i Afghanistan och USA hade pågått under hela 1990-talet. I dagens avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden pratar idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved och professorn i historia Martin Hårdstedt om invasionen av Afghanistan 2001, även kallad ”Operation Enduring Freedom”. Mindre än en månad efter Osama Bin Ladens attacker mot New York påbörjade USA sin invasion. Den 7:e oktober sattes bombningarna igång. Lika snabbt var invasionen över. Den 13:e november gick USA och deras allierade in i Kabul och fällde den sittande regeringen, och i december kunde man konstatera att Talibanerna hade besegrats. Precis som med den sovjetiska invasionen av Afghanistan 1979 betydde dock inte Kabuls fall att motståndet försvann. Precis som tidigare drog sig Talibanerna tillbaka ner i södra Afghanistan och in i Pakistan, och kriget fortgick fram till 2021 i vågor fram och tillbaka genom gerillakrigföring i de afghanska bergsområdena och över opiumfälten i Helmand. Som stöd hade USA med sig NATO-alliansen, men samarbetet mellan å ena sidan de olika europeiska länderna och Kanada å andra sidan USA förblev ansträngd. Attackerna mot New York innebar att NATO:s artikel 5 aktiverades för första gången i alliansens historia, men graden av uppslutning på USA:s sida varierade stort och med olika stort stöd. De politiska konflikterna mellan medlemsstaterna och USA blev ännu värre efter att USA och Storbritannien beslutade att angripa Irak 2003 för att en gång för alla göra sig av med Saddam Hussein. Även de nordiska länderna engagerade sig, men med olika politiska motiv. Norge och Danmark slöt upp som ”goda allierade” i Afghanistan och Finland och Sverige engagerade sig i fredsbevarande operationer under ISAF-flagg. Danmark var särskilt engagerade och förlorade också mest soldater i förhållande till sin folkmängd. Sammantaget var Operation Freedom i Afghanistan kulmen på ett inbördeskrig som pågått sedan Saur-revolutionen 1978, och som delvis ännu inte kommit till någon lösning. Den amerikanska utrymningen av Afghanistan 2021 innebar en bitter reträtt, med konsekvensen att Talibanerna återkom till makten. På det hela taget blev Operation Enduring Freedom ett misslyckande, och de militära erfarenheterna och lärdomarna sparsmakade. Bild: En Apache-helikopter ger skydd från luften medan fallskärmsjägare från kompani A, 1:a bataljonen, 325:e luftburna infanteriregementet, flyttar in i position kort efter luftanfall in i Lwar Kowndalan, Afghanistan, 1 oktober för att påbörja ett femdagarsuppdrag. Foto av Spc. Mike Pryor, USA, Wikipedia, Public Domain. Lyssna också på Kriget i Afghanistan 1979-89 – början på slutet på Sovjetmakten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peace keeping missions (whether peace enforcement, peace building, peace making, or conflict prevention) are very different to the formatted hierarchy and organisation of set-piece, large-scale military missions which Western allies have been accustomed to over the past decade. Even the experiences of ISAF or Iraq are outliers rather than a standardised format replicable across peace keeping tasks. This is also evident in the C2 of these missions: often more complex, ambiguous, woolly, and confusing than most military officers will be accustomed to. And that's without bringing in a strategic HQ structure that has fewer staff and less experience than Western counterparts. Ewan Lawson, associate fellow at RUSI, talks through what characterises PK missions: his one-word answer? Fragmentation.

Trump-Vertrauter Elon Musk schockiert deutsches Polit-EstablishmentWillkommenes Ablenkungstheater in akuter Kriegsgefahr?Ein Standpunkt von Wolfgang Effenberger.Nach dem eindeutigen Wahlsieg von Donald Trump am 5. November 2024 tritt der Vertraute des "Presedent-Elect", Elon Musk, nun immer mehr durch öffentliche Kommentare und Empfehlungen zu der für den 23. Februar 2025 angesetzten deutschen Bundestagswahl hervor.Seit Tagen gibt der 53-Jährige Musk der AfD Schützenhilfe, schaltet sich direkt in den Wahlkampf ein und scheut„sogar nicht davor zurück, die obersten demokratischen Institutionen Deutschlands zu attackieren und zu provozieren“.(1)Auf seinem Kurznachrichtendienst X (vormals Twitter) nannte Musk Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) am Silvestertag als Reaktion auf den Post einer Influencerin einen "undemokratischen Tyrannen" mit dem Zusatz "Schande über ihn".(2)Auf Musks Attacke reagierte klugerweise das Bundespräsidialamt auf Nachfrage deutscher Medien äußerst zurückhaltend. Ebenso geschickt verhält sich die Bundesregierung, die dem US-Amerikaner offenbar keinen weiteren Raum im Wahlkampf geben will. Hat Musk vielleicht ins Schwarze getroffen?Hat Musk mit seiner Steinmeier-Kritik vielleicht ins Schwarze getroffen?Steinmeier hat seit der deutsch-amerikanischen Zeitenwende vom 24. März 1999, dem Krieg gegen Rest-Jugoslawien ohne UN-Mandat (völkerrechtswidrig) bis zu seiner Präsidentschaft von Merkels Gnaden in exponierten Stellungen die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik mitgestaltet.(3)Im Frühjahr 2007 erhielt Außenminister Steinmeier vom militärischen Berater des deutschen Botschafters in Kabul, Oberstleutnant Jürgen Heiducoff, eine aktuelle Analyse der Lage in Afghanistan, die von den Medien als „Brandbrief aus Kabul“ bezeichnet und am 31. Mai 2007 in einer ARD-Monitorsendung thematisiert wurde. Bevor Oberstleutnant Heiducoff den Dienstposten an der Botschaft antrat, war er während seines fast dreijährigen Dienstes in Afghanistan auch Zeuge von seiner Auffassung nach unverhältnismäßiger militärischer Gewalt westlicher Verbände gegenüber Zivilisten geworden. Er empfahl schon frühzeitig eine strategische Neuausrichtung, die eine Stärkung der Zivilgesellschaft in den Vordergrund stellen solle. Da 2007 die Situation zu eskalieren begann, wandte er sich direkt an seinen Vorgesetzten, den Außenminister Steinmeier:„Herr Minister, ich beobachte eine wachsende Dissonanz zwischen den Zielen unserer Afghanistanpolitik und der militärischen Praxis. Ich stelle fest, dass in Unterrichtungen von ISAF für Politiker und Parlamentarier die militärische Lage unzulässig geschönt dargestellt wird. Auch deutsche Generäle beschönigen oder verschweigen eigene Probleme. Die ständigen Forderungen nach Truppenverstärkung, die steigenden Kosten des militärischen Engagements, das Anwachsen eigener Verluste und die wachsende Zahl ziviler Opfer verdeutlichen die Ungeeignetheit und Ausweglosigkeit der militärischen Gewalt als Lösung der inneren und äußeren gesellschaftlichen Probleme Afghanistans. … Wenn immer mehr zivile Opfer und unsägliches Leid durch die eigenen Militärs unter der Zivilbevölkerung produziert werden, dann eignet sich das Mittel der militärischen Gewalt nicht, um die Probleme in diesem Land zu lösen. … Tragen Sie bitte dazu bei, die weitere Eskalation der militärischen Gewalt in Afghanistan zu stoppen.“(4)..hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/elon-musk-schockiert-deutsches-polit-establishment-von-wolfgang-effenberger/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bogdan Gogulan has 20 years of experience in finance, product and business development. Before initiating NewSpace Capital, he had accumulated a unique combination of cross-border experience in communication, security and defense industries. He served as VP of international operations and business development for AT Communication (Switzerland), Defendec (Baltics) and Katmerciler (Turkey), managing breakthrough projects for security and defense agencies in the Middle East and Central Asia. For years, he managed alignment and cooperation with UN agencies (BOMCA/UNDP, BOMNAF, UNODC, UNHCR, IOM) and security organizations (NATO, OSCE, ISAF). Prior to that, Bogdan worked for American Express (USA, UK) and Deutsche Bank (UK). As global sales development Program Manager and Head of Industry Analytics at American Express he was responsible for global partnerships development with top tier clients. Since 2010, Bogdan has been actively involved with UN Alliance of Civilization's (UNAOC) participating as an OYW Ambassador in the UN Sustainable Development Goals' initiative. Bogdan holds a BSc in Financial Economics from University of Essex and graduated from Abingdon & Whitney College. He is a co-founder and CEO of NewSpace Capital GP S.A.

Hauptmann Marc Hinzmann kam am 18. August 2021 in die afghanische Hauptstadt Kabul, kaum vorbereitet auf seine Mission, die über Leben in Freiheit oder Not für viele Afghanen entscheiden sollte.

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This week on the ‘What's Your Pineapple Express?' series, Scott had the honor of sitting down and speaking with an incredible leader – Jason Howk. Jason leads a non-profit organization called Global Friends of Afghanistan and has continued doing amazing work while keeping Afghanistan at the forefront. Join us this week as Jason shares his many years of experience in Afghanistan, gives us insight into some very important information, and shares what we need to learn from the abandonment of Afghanistan. Some of the things he reveals about what happened with this abandonment and more importantly, what's happening right under our noses in this growing safe haven will blow you away. Own Every Room - https://rooftopleadership.com/owneveryroom/ Nobody is Coming to Save You - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/scott-mann/nobody-is-coming-to-save-you/9781546008286/?lens=center-street Scottmann.com  Join Rooftop Nation! Website: https://www.rooftopleadership.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottMannAuthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottmannauthor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rooftop-leadership Twitter: https://twitter.com/RooftopLeader Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOQ7CDJ6uSaGvmfxYC_skQ  Select Afghanistan experiences and published works SummaryJason Criss Howk spent 23 years in the U.S. Army as an Infantry and Sapper Paratrooper, and also as a South Asia Foreign Area Officer (Soldier-Diplomat).  His work in Afghanistan began in 2002 and has continued until the present day as he leads the Global Friends of Afghanistan educational non-profit organization that monitors and leads discussions on Afghan issues. Jason has worked on Afghanistan portfolios at the tactical, operational, strategic, national policy and international policy levels. He has taken part in a variety of missions to include military, diplomatic, intelligence, academic, and humanitarian efforts. During his Afghanistan work Jason worked daily with dozens of generals, ambassadors, and political appointees with Afghan portfolios. Due to his assignments and knowledge of the topic, Jason is one of the few Americans that has been privy to the discussions of all 4 presidential administrations as they planned their Afghanistan policy. Jason studied both Arabic and Dari at the Defense Language Institute, is a professor at the USAF Special Operations School, and is a Malone Fellow in Arab and Islamic Studies. He holds a Master's Degree in South Asia and Middle East Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, is a CGSC graduate, and was a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 2010-2015. Jason is an award-winning author who has written 4 books in English and has published over 225 works since 2008 in over 40 outlets. As a professor, lecturer, and columnist he focuses on Afghanistan, Islam, terrorism, and various National Security topics. For his work on Afghanistan Major Howk earned the Legion of Merit award for his years of exceptionally meritorious service as a Soldier-Statesman, and two Bronze Star Medals. He also earned the Afghanistan Governmental Success medal from the President of Afghanistan. Afghanistan ExperiencesSep 2002-Sep 2003       Sep-Nov 2003: Operations officer Coalition Task Force 82. Engineer Operations Officer on MG Vines General Staff at Bagram Airfield. Focus on engineer support to daily counter-terrorism operations across the country. His key effort was the completion of the FOB Salerno Airfield and Heliport in Khost province. Tactical and Operational level experiences in various Eastern Provinces.Nov 2002-Sep 2003: Aide De Camp to MG Karl Eikenberry as he took over as Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan at the U.S. Embassy Kabul and also as the U.S. Security Coordinator. They worked daily with Afghan cabinet members across all parts of the government for the first year of the interim government and got to know all of them intimately. MG Eikenberry was tasked with implementing the international Security Sector Reform program in Afghanistan, and as Chief OMC-A creating the Afghan National Army and MOD from scratch. Their typical daily interactions included the leaders of UNAMA, NATO-Nation Embassies, ISAF, the 3-star US Forces Commander, CENTCOM, OSD, the Joint Staff, the Intelligence Community, regional ambassadors, the Special Forces leaders training the ANA, and the US Ambassador. For the majority of the year Jason was the sole note-taker in over 4,000 hours of meetings and the drafter of reports to State, OSD, and CENTCOM.2004-July 2007During an assignment in TRADOC Jason began to create and teach courses in the Army and at civilian institutions about Afghan and Islamic culture. He helped the Engineer School develop their Cultural, Counter-insurgency, and Counter-IED training for 2LTs deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq. During company command the Army selected Jason for the highly competitive Foreign Area Officer (FAO) program after completing a fellowship in Oman where he studied their insurgencies and how they rebuilt their nation after those conflicts. He continued to study Afghanistan and stayed in touch with his former boss LTG Karl Eikenberry who was the Combined Forces commander in Afghanistan.2007-2009 FAO TrainingIn FAO training he obtained a Master's Degree in South Asia and Middle East Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School in 2008. At NPS Jason focused on Afghanistan and the Oman counter-insurgency campaigns. He published a thesis on Oman's COIN and CT lessons which was distributed to his former bosses LTG Eikenberry, LTG McChrystal, and GEN Petraeus. He also wrote a directed study on the creation of the Afghan Military and the US Security Sector Reform efforts that was published as a monograph by the US Army War College in 2009 with a foreword by GEN McChrystal. That study was completed after many interviews with LTG Karl Eikenberry who was then assigned to NATO, just prior to his selection as Ambassador to Afghanistan.From 2008-2009 Jason attended Arabic language training at DLI until the day LTG McChrystal was nominated by President Obama to command ISAF. He was immediately ordered to the Pentagon to prepare LTG McChrystal for senate confirmation and to assist him when he took command in Kabul.2009-2010 As ADC to LTG McChrystal, Jason helped prepare him for his assignment and attended all meetings with Legislative and Executive branch leaders in Washington. Within hours of the Senate confirmation, they flew to Brussels to meet with NATO leaders and then onwards to Kabul Afghanistan. In Kabul Jason helped GEN McChrystal form trusting relationships with the same Afghan leaders Jason worked closely with when they first formed the government in 2002.For the next 2 months Jason traveled with GEN McChrystal to over half the provinces to listen to NATO and Afghan forces, and Afghan leaders to better understand the war.  Jason assisted COMISAF during the strategic review of the U.S. and NATO Afghanistan policy, often quietly liaising between GEN McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry, his new and old bosses.After the strategic review was sent to CENTCOM Jason was selected to initiate and design the NATO interagency team focused on reintegration — i.e., how former insurgents could rejoin society. GEN McChrystal loaned Jason to support the incoming Reintegration Advisor who had worked on a similar mission in Iraq and would carry out sensitive diplomatic missions.As the Military Assistant and Political Advisor to retired British Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb. They worked with the Afghan government as they developed their peace and reintegration policy with foreign governments, diplomats, and international organizations. This also helped launch the US/NATO peace process and made Jason one of the insiders on Afghan peace talks for over a decade.2010-2014After a year in Dari (Afghan Farsi) language training at DLI, and graduation from the Army Command and General Staff College, Jason was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Afghanistan and Pakistan Task Force. In that role, he led two of the highest-level interagency teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan experts in providing products and briefings for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and OSD leadership, and the White House.  Also in that role, his teams helped prepare four different Generals to assume senior commands in Afghanistan. One of his team's key efforts was monitoring and helping U.S. leaders prepare for diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban.2015-2021After retiring in 2015, Jason continued his focus on Afghanistan and Islam as a professor at numerous institutes and continued to advise the U.S. and Afghan governments, and international bodies.From 2016 to 2017, he served as an advisor on the Presidential Transition Team's National Security cell focused on the Afghan peace process and foreign relations with Islamic nations. He contributed ideas to both the 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Strategy for Counterterrorism.From 2017 onwards he served as an advisor on conflict resolution to the U.S. government, NATO member states, parts of the U.N., the Afghan President's NSC staff, and the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces leadership.Jason was invited to give presentations at the 2019 and 2020 Central and South Asia Military Intelligence conferences at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). His topics included the future of the ANDSF, and the Unconventional Warfare efforts of Pakistan against Afghan and NATO forces.Jason led a USIP project team to assess post-conflict security in Afghanistan that culminated in a an invitation from the Afghan President and UN Chief in Kabul to give a presentation to over 70 nations at the 2020 U.N. Donor Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva.A second USIP project allowed his team to remain involved in the peace process until August 2021 as part of a U.S. Institute of Peace project authorized to conduct Track-2 diplomacy while talking to the Afghan government, various parts of Afghan society, and Taliban supporters.From 2019-2021 during both USIP projects his team took part in the USIP-led discussions that contributed to the congressionally-mandated Afghanistan Study Group Report. “A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan” was published in February 2021.August 2021 OnwardsAfter the collapse of the Afghan republic while Jason was virtually assisting the evacuation of at-risk Afghans from Kabul, he and his colleagues formed the Global Friends of Afghanistan non-profit (GFA) to speak and write about Afghanistan and ensure the topic of Afghanistan was not removed from the daily news, and to help Afghans raise their voices to the outside world. On 1 September 2022 GFA held their inaugural annual conference with Georgetown University to discuss the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans, and the humanitarian crisis and security collapse in Afghanistan. Writing ExperienceSummaryJason has written 5 books, was on the editing team of the FAO Association International Affairs Journal, and was the senior editor for A Voice for Two Nations blog. He has published over 225 articles, essays, and news reports in over 40 outlets. He is a mentor to writers and a member of the Military Writers Guild, where he edits and co-authors with new writers. Most recently he has begun publishing U.S. veterans and Afghan book authors at Tamarisk Press a niche publishing assistance non-profit. His work has been published in the following outlets: CNN, Fast Company, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, ClearanceJobs News, Military Times, The Cipher Brief, US Institute of Peace, The Global Observatory, Small Wars Journal, Divergent Options, From The Green Notebook, The Bridge, The Forge, The Foreign Service Journal, The FAOA Journal, Observer, Task&Purpose, Business Insider, Real Clear Defense and Politics, SOFX The Special Operations Forces Network, US Army War College, Naval Postgraduate School, O-Dark-Thirty, and in various Afghan newspapers like Reporterly, and Hasht e Subh. He also discusses Afghanistan, Terrorism, and Islam on CNN, Afghan International Persian, TRT World, and Voice of America, and appears on other news and radio outlets.Select Publications Books2012, Lions in the Path of Stability and Security: Oman's Response to Pressing Issues in the Middle East. My 2008 NPS thesis was published in Oman in Arabic.2017, The Quran: A Chronological Modern English Interpretation. Gold Medal Winner at the National Indie Excellence Awards2021, Leaders Always Go a Little Further: ...Unless They Trip. Foreword by LtGen Sir Graeme Lamb.2021, Ali's American Dream: An Iraqi Refugee's Story of Survival and Triumph. Foreword by SIV recipient Nasirullah Safi formerly of Afghanistan.2022, U.S. War Options in Afghanistan: Choose Your Own Path. Foreword by Afghan Colonel A. Rahman Rahmani, a would-be terrorist who was deradicalized and later flew special operations combat missions against the Taliban-Haqqani network and aided evacuation of Afghans Pilots in 2021. 2020-2022, Lead Editor of the Foreign Area Officer Association book, Culture Shock: Leadership Lessons from the Military's Diplomatic Corps. Foreword by LTG (Ret) Charles Hooper. Publishing advisor and book formatting for 4 books. 2021: Brand Elverston's Proclivity and Nasirullah Safi's Get the Terp Up Here!2022: Brand Elverston's Instruments of Ignorance and Nasirullah Safi's Indispensable: Tale of a Military Interpreter Various Studies (contributor and author/co-author)2009, US Strategy Review of US and NATO Afghanistan Policy, ISAF2009, A Case Study in Security Sector Reform: Learning from Security Sector Reform/Building in Afghanistan (October 2002-September 2003), US Army War College press2010 Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan2021, “No Going Backward”: Afghanistan's Post–Peace Accord Security Sector, USIP2022, Afghan Women: “I Don't Feel Safe.” A Global Friends of Afghanistan survey report, GFA Select recent articles and columnsAug 2022, Afghanistan Has Become a Terrorist Paradise, The National InterestAug 2022, How Can We Help Afghanistan? Ask the Afghans, The National InterestMar 2022, Information Operations: How is Ukraine Different Than Afghanistan? ClearanceJobs NewsMar 2022, Lessons Learned from the Last 20 Years: 9 Flaws in the American Way of War, ClearanceJobsDec 2021, U.S. Foreign Affairs Influence and the Afghanistan Fallout for the U.S., ClearanceJobs NewsOct 2021, Why Afghan Peace Talks Got Derailed, ClearanceJobs NewsSep 2021, ‘You Are Fighting in the Wrong Country.' How We Failed Afghan Policy Miserably, The Pilot19 Aug 2021, Taliban Takeover in Kabul: Pakistani Invasion Complete in Afghanistan, ClearanceJobs9 Aug 2021, Where is the Taliban with the Doha Peace Process? ClearanceJobs NewsMay 2021, Terrorists Kill Around 90 Afghan Students: The World Shrugs, ClearanceJobs NewsApr 2021, Afghanistan Needs a Weaker President: Decentralizing power can be key to long-term peace, Foreign Policy, with Shabnam NasimiFeb 2021, Taliban Keep Showing True Colors with Mockery of the Doha Peace Process, ClearanceJobsJan 2021, Path to Peace in Afghanistan for the Biden Administration, ClearanceJobs NewsDec 2020, Time to Make the Taliban Diplomatically Uncomfortable, ClearanceJobs NewsFeb 2019, America, don't abandon Afghanistan…Again, CNN, with Abdul Rahman Rahmani

The catastrophic attacks of 9/11 led to successful US-led military effort to overthrow the Taliban regime and dismantle al-Qaeda's terrorism training camps in Afghanistan. Britain took the lead in creating the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to stabilise the country and support the new government. Why did the ISAF mission fail, and what are the wider lessons from the Afghanistan war for security in the Asia-Pacific. Guest: Professor Theo Farrell (Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University) Author of Unwinnable: Britain's War in Afghanistan published by Penguin Books. Recorded 22nd July, 2024.

NATO offers Ukraine a bridge to membership, but has not closed the sky, and from the evidence of Monday's attack on a children's cancer hospital, has not d=deterred Putin's aggression in any way. ---------- General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence Staff of the Netherlands from 2004. His office saw Dutch military presence in Uruzgan with ISAF, as well as naval contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, among other interventions. He is a highly regarded expert ion the areas of Cyber security, leadership, strategy, crisis management, security issues and Defense. He has been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and the Legion of Merit, and the Order of Orange-Nassau. Berlijn graduated from the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in 1973. ---------- LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berlijn https://x.com/DickBerlijn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dickberlijn/ https://hague.company/about/team/dick-berlijn/ ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine Ukrainian Freedom News https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/ UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available

Retired CIA case officer Brian Fairchild discusses his life working in the national security state, the New Cold War, and the anti-American military bloc led by China. His biggest grievance is that the CIA is not up to the task anymore. After the collapse of the USSR they had no primary mission and after 9/11, they focused solely on counter-terrorism and forgot about the rest of the world. He explains the problems with espionage today and discusses his new book "The Hidden: A Griff Harkin Novel". Watch On BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / Substack Geopolitics & Empire · Brian Fairchild: USA Faces New Anti-American Military Bloc, CIA Not Up to Task Anymore #395 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.comDonate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticseasyDNS (use code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy course (15% discount using link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsPassVult https://passvult.comSociatates Civis (CitizenHR, CitizenIT, CitizenPL) https://societates-civis.comWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Brian Fairchild https://brianfairchildbooks.com About Brian Fairchild Brian Fairchild was a career CIA case officer for over nineteen years. He ran clandestine operations under nonofficial (NOC) and official cover in CIA stations in Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe, including an assignment as chief of base in a “denied area”. In 1998, Brian testified before Congress as a subject matter expert on a blue-ribbon counter-terrorism panel. During the decade immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Brian trained over 10,000 FBI, CIA, military personnel, as well as state and local police intelligence officers on the terrorist threat. In 2009, he worked one-on-one with His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, then Crown Prince (now Ruler) of the emirate of Ras al Khaimah, UAE, to create a total-immersion cultural course for US military personnel. From July 2011 to December 2012, Brian served in Kabul, Afghanistan where he mentored Afghan National Police intelligence officers for ISAF's Afghan Intelligence Transition Directorate (AITD). He held a Top-Secret clearance from the Department of Defense until 2016. Brian researches and writes articles on national security, intelligence, and terrorism, and is the author of the new spy thriller, The Hidden. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Photo:  1918 US troops in Russia. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow   TONIGHT: The show ranges from the sluggish battlefront in Donbas to the mob looting in Argentina, from the Moscow-confirmed death of Y. Prigozhin to the two year remembrance of the ISIS bombing in Kabul during the ISAF exit; from the joint US-Philippine exerciss in the South China Sea (how to retake an island occupied by invaders) to fraught campoaigning in Ecuador with the shadow of the recents assassinations.

Summary David Petraeus (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter, LinkedIn) to discuss his strategic analysis of the war in Ukraine. General Petraeus is a former Director of the CIA. What You'll Learn Intelligence General Petraeus' appraisal of the situation in Ukraine What victory would look like for each side What role intelligence is playing in the War General Petraeus' time as Director of the CIA  Reflections The power of narrative Organizational culture *EXTENDED SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE* Episode Notes David Petraeus was CIA Director between September 2011 and November 2012, and prior to that had a 37-year career in the U.S. Army, rising to its highest rank of 4 star General. Are you curious to hear an in-depth strategic analysis of the Ukraine War from one of the most talented American officers of his generation? Would you like to know more about his time as CIA Director? Listen in to find out. Quotes of the Week "This is the first war with smartphones, internet connectivity, and social media, such as we see here. It was not present before. even really in the Iraq and Afghanistan war, certainly not to this scale. so that is a dramatic change…It also gives a degree of transparency to this war that I don't think has ever existed before." – David Petraeus. *EXTENDED SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE* Resources  SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy with Michael Vickers (2023)  Ukraine & the Alliance with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence David Cattler (2023)  Irregular Warfare & Intelligence with IWC Director Dennis Walters (2023) Ukraine & Intelligence: One Year On with Shane Harris (2023) The 75th Anniversary of the CIA with Former Director Robert Gates (2022) *Beginner Resources* 5 Things You Should Know About the War in Ukraine, UN Refugee Agency (2023) [Short article] What Caused the Ukraine War?, J. S. Nye, Harvard Belfer Center (2022) [short article] A History of Ukraine in 5 Minutes, Sky News (2014) [5 min video] Putin's War on Ukraine, Explained, Vox (2022) [8:48 min video] *EXTENDED SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE* DEEPER DIVE Books Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, D. Petraeus & A. Roberts (Harper, 2023)  The New Makers of Modern Strategy, H. Brands et al. (Princeton University Press, 2023)  The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, S. Plokhy (Basic Books, 2017) Primary Sources  Petraeus Testimony on U.S. Middle East Policy, Senate.gov (2015) Petraeus Confirmation Hearings to be Director, CIA, Senate.gov (2011) Petraeus Military Retirement Speech, American Rhetoric, YouTube (2011) Petraeus Confirmation Hearing, ISAF and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, C-SPAN (2010) The American Military and the Lessons of Vietnam, David Petraeus, DocumentCloud (1987) [Petraeus' Ph.D. dissertation] *EXTENDED SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE* *Wildcard Resource* General Petraeus was known for the counterinsurgency approach he implemented in Afghanistan and Iraq – sometimes called The Petraeus Doctrine. You can implement your own counterinsurgency by playing a board game developed by former CIA analyst Volko Ruhnke - A Distant Plain: Insurgency in Afghanistan.

Welcome to my new Series "can you talk real quick?" This is a short, efficiently produced conversation with someone who knows stuff about things that are happening and who will let me record a quick chat to help us all better understand an issue in the news or our lives as well as connect with each other around something that might be unfolding in real time.  Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day.  Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls I just spoke to Dr Colin Clarke at The Soufan Center about their brand new report on The Wagner Group Wagner Group: The Evolution Of A Private Army Colin P. Clarke is a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center. He is the Director of Research at The Soufan Group, where his research focuses on domestic and transnational terrorism, international security, and geopolitics. Prior to joining The Soufan Group, Clarke was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, where he spent a decade researching terrorism, insurgency, and criminal networks. At RAND, Clarke led studies on ISIS financing, the future of terrorism and transnational crime, and lessons learned from all insurgencies since the end of the World War II. Clarke is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) – The Hague, a non-resident Senior Fellow in the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), an Associate Fellow at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), and a member of the “Network of Experts” at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Clarke serves as part of the research advisory council at the RESOLVE Network and is a member of the advisory board at the International Counter-Terrorism Review (ICTR). He serves on the editorial board of three of the leading scholarly journals in the field of terrorism studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Perspectives on Terrorism. Clarke has testified before Congress on numerous occasions as an expert witness on a range of terrorism-related issues, appears frequently in the media to discuss national security-related matters, and has published several books on terrorism, including his most recent, After the Caliphate: The Islamic State and the Future Terrorist Diaspora. Clarke has briefed his research at a range of national and international security forums, including the U.S. Army War College, US Air Force Special Operations School, Society for Terrorism Research International Conference, the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the Counter ISIS Financing Group (CIFG), which is part of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. In 2011, he spent several months as an analyst with Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-Shafafiyat at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, working for General H.R. McMaster, the former U.S. National Security Advisor, where he was responsible for analyzing criminal patronage networks in Afghanistan and how these networks fueled the insurgency. Clarke has a Ph.D. in international security policy from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe

This edition features stories on Afghan security forces kill a senior al-Qqida leader, a civil is killed by ISAF forces after they suspected he was a suicide bomber, a Massachusetts firefighter donates an ambulance to an Afghan community. Hosted by Sen. Airman Jaime Ciciora.

Package made from the B-roll "German ISAF Troops Talk with Local Afghans to Counter Rocket Attacks" about German ISAF troops working with local Afghan security forces to patrol for potential rocket strikes, clear weapons and arrest insurgents.

Package of coalition forces patrolling at Nawa Patrol Base Jaker, a base close to insurgent activity and a home to ISAF soldiers. Troops at the patrol base are constantly in a state of readiness due to nearby insurgent activities. Produced by Josh Fortune.

This edition features stories on Gen. Stanley McChrystal speaking with members of ISAF to discuss moving forward in Afghanistan after President Obama's decision to send more troops and Soldiers competing in a boxing competition. Hosted by Senior Airman Jonathan Porter

This edition features stories on Gen. Stanley McChrystal addressing service members on the direction ISAF is taking on Afghanistan and expansion construction projects going on at Camp Leatherneck. Hosted by Senior Airman Jonathan Porter.

Package made from "Good Neighbors" in the B-roll section about coalition forces providing security for the Afghan people, while maintaining the balance, by not restricting people's rights. This version has lower thirds. Produced by Ruth Allen.

Documentary about how the American, NATO and ISAF forces are gaining security for Afghans by mentoring and training the Afghanistan National Army to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, providing humanitarian aid to locals, protecting civilians and providing other solutions to economic problems Afghan families face. In English. Part 1 of 2.

Package made from the B-roll "Learning the Terrain" about a new ISAF force learning both the geographical and human terrain in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan by traveling great distances in order to connect with local people. Produced by Ruth Owen.

This edition features stories on two F-16's intercepting a Denver-bound airliner due to a passenger reportedly causing a disturbance, the joint nature of every aspect of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), including air traffic control, the mission of the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) at Shaw Air Force Base, on force shaping management options presented to Aviano Air Base Airman, an Airman mentor who is teaching Afghan soldiers new skills in preventative maintenance, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation bringing a younger brother's dream to life by uniting him with his Airman older brother for a day on the job. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

Package made from "Working Together" in the B-roll section about Afghanistan, Pakistan and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) working together near the border in Kandahar Province to improve relations and combat the free movements of insurgents and illegal materials. Produced by Ruth Owen. This version has graphics and a voice over. Also see "Working Together (Master Without Lower Thirds and VO)" in the Package section.

Package about the US military police from ISAF training the Afghan National Police in Parwan province the skills to safely run a range and improve their marksmanship in Afghanistan. Produced by Ruth Owen.

Package made from the B-Roll "Counter Insurgency Training" about ISAF and Afghan soldiers who are taught the value of interaction with local Afghans. Produced by Josh Fortune. Afghanistan

Package about Operation Moshtarak in Marjah, Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and ISAF troops are working to establish government control in the area. Produced by Mel Preen

Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Central Helmand to meet with local people and listened to what they had to say. Marjah continues to be the focal point for ISAF's major offensive in Helmand which began in the middle of February 2010. Also in attendance for the visit was the Commander of all ISAF forces in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, Ambassador Mark Sedwill. Operation Moshtarak, RCS2010. Produced by Melissa Preen

Package of how the stabilization efforts are affecting local Afghans lives where International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel broke the insurgency's stronghold during Operation Moshtarak. This version has titles. Produced by William Bonnett. Part 2 of 2.

Package of how the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel execute Operation Moshtarak interacting with locals while dispelling the Taliban from the Nadali District of Southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province. This version is with titles. Produced by William Bonnett. Part 1 of 2.

Package made from the B-Roll "Reaching Out" about Lithuanian, Croatian and Ukrainian ISAF soldiers from Chaghcharan Provincial Reconstruction Team visit a village in the Ghowr mountains to find out what the villagers need to survive the winter. See also "Reaching Out" in the package section. Produced by Ruth Owen.

After four years under Taliban control, Afghans in Nad Ali, Afghanistan are adjusting to government rule. Early signs are positive, but ISAF must keep up momentum and deliver on promises. Produced by William Bonnett.

This edition features stories on Afghanistan and Internal Security Assistance Force leaders recently finishing two projects for the Herat Province jail and International Security Assistance Forces handing over key facilities at Afghanistan's largest international airport. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose

This edition features stories on international security assistance forces finding almost one ton of drugs in Helmand Province and service members taking behavioral health assessment surveys to examine service members stress levels. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose. Afghanistan

This edition features stories on International Security Assistance Forces providing supplies and humanitarian aid for a village in Herat province, Afghanistan in an effort to gain trust from the villagers and deter future insurgent attacks and U.S. Army crew chiefs conducting classroom and practical training of Afghan army crew chiefs. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features a story on International Security Assistance Forces killing several armed insurgents in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan and a hands-on veterinary clinic for future veterinarians being conducted at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in Laghman province, Afghanistan. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez.

This edition features stories on Gen. David Petraeus, the new leader of the Afghan war effort, meeting troops and observing, first hand, the conditions on the ground in Afghanistan and members of the Kentucky National Guard Agricultural Development Team meeting with Afghan villagers to educate them about agriculture that will infuse their economy in hopes of releasing them from the influence of Taliban and an opium based economy. Hosted by Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Diaz. Afghanistan

This edition features stories on a combined patrol between an Afghan National Security force and an International Security Assistance Force in which a narcotics drug network in Kandahar province, Afghanistan was overcome and large quantities of opium were seized cutting off a source of money for the Taliban and Afghan students graduating from an Afghan-led contractors course in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Hosted by Senior Airman Barbara Patton. Includes soundbites from Lt. Col. Paul Stephens, commander of the 1092nd Engineer Battalion, and Mohammad Sawab, workshop technical director.

This edition features stories on the transfer of authority in which the 101st Airborne Division assuming command of International Security Assistance Forces Regional Command - East in Afghanistan and the 909th Forward Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan treating an Afghan National Army soldier for a gunshot wound to the chest. Hosted by Senior Airman Barbara Patton. Includes soundbites from Maj. Joseph Sucher, General Surgeon.

This edition features stories on International Security Assistance Forces engaged a group of insurgents who attacked Afghan National security forces in Badghis province, Afghanistan and service members of the Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) and ground combat platoon of Task Force Brawler helping to train Afghan National Army soldiers on properly using the M-16 rifle. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Joy Meek. Includes soundbite from 1st Lt. Joyce Swinton, FARP Range Officer in Charge, from Mullins, S.C.

Sniffer dog Diego and his handler Bob work with ISAF troops in Kandahar keeping the area safe from improvised explosive devices. Produced by Josh Fortune. Afghanistan

In his fourth battlefield circulation, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy showed his appreciation for Airmen deployed to Kyrgystan, Afghanistan and South West Asia. During his week long visit, Chief Roy visited several forward operating bases and camps. Chief Roy spoke with Air Force Sgt. Joshua Peargin about his trip to the AOR.

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This edition features stories on Afghans taking the lead in Wardack Province and FOB Gamberi. Marines conduct a live fire range, The Rapid Equipping Force turns ideas into solutions, A National Guard unit provides support from above and cooks build Morale. SSG Lyndsey Prax, PV2 Christina McKenzie, SSG Daniel Sullivan, SGT Christopher Tobey, SSG Haley Zimmerman, SGT Rodney Roldan, SGT Joe De La Pena

This week on the ‘What's Your Pineapple Express?' series, Scott had the honor of sitting down and speaking with an incredible leader – Jason Howk. Jason leads a non-profit organization called Global Friends of Afghanistan and has continued doing amazing work while keeping Afghanistan at the forefront. Join us this week as Jason shares his many years of experience in Afghanistan, gives us insight into some very important information, and shares what we need to learn from the abandonment of Afghanistan. Some of the things he reveals about what happened with this abandonment and more importantly, what's happening right under our noses in this growing safe haven will blow you away. Join Rooftop Nation!Website: https://www.rooftopleadership.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RooftopLeadershipInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rooftop_leadershipLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rooftop-leadershipTwitter: https://twitter.com/RooftopLeaderYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOQ7CDJ6uSaGvmfxYC_skQ Select Afghanistan experiences and published works SummaryJason Criss Howk spent 23 years in the U.S. Army as an Infantry and Sapper Paratrooper, and also as a South Asia Foreign Area Officer (Soldier-Diplomat).  His work in Afghanistan began in 2002 and has continued until the present day as he leads the Global Friends of Afghanistan educational non-profit organization that monitors and leads discussions on Afghan issues. Jason has worked on Afghanistan portfolios at the tactical, operational, strategic, national policy and international policy levels. He has taken part in a variety of missions to include military, diplomatic, intelligence, academic, and humanitarian efforts. During his Afghanistan work Jason worked daily with dozens of generals, ambassadors, and political appointees with Afghan portfolios. Due to his assignments and knowledge of the topic, Jason is one of the few Americans that has been privy to the discussions of all 4 presidential administrations as they planned their Afghanistan policy. Jason studied both Arabic and Dari at the Defense Language Institute, is a professor at the USAF Special Operations School, and is a Malone Fellow in Arab and Islamic Studies. He holds a Master's Degree in South Asia and Middle East Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, is a CGSC graduate, and was a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 2010-2015. Jason is an award-winning author who has written 4 books in English and has published over 225 works since 2008 in over 40 outlets. As a professor, lecturer, and columnist he focuses on Afghanistan, Islam, terrorism, and various National Security topics. For his work on Afghanistan Major Howk earned the Legion of Merit award for his years of exceptionally meritorious service as a Soldier-Statesman, and two Bronze Star Medals. He also earned the Afghanistan Governmental Success medal from the President of Afghanistan. Afghanistan ExperiencesSep 2002-Sep 2003       Sep-Nov 2003: Operations officer Coalition Task Force 82. Engineer Operations Officer on MG Vines General Staff at Bagram Airfield. Focus on engineer support to daily counter-terrorism operations across the country. His key effort was the completion of the FOB Salerno Airfield and Heliport in Khost province. Tactical and Operational level experiences in various Eastern Provinces.Nov 2002-Sep 2003: Aide De Camp to MG Karl Eikenberry as he took over as Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan at the U.S. Embassy Kabul and also as the U.S. Security Coordinator. They worked daily with Afghan cabinet members across all parts of the government for the first year of the interim government and got to know all of them intimately. MG Eikenberry was tasked with implementing the international Security Sector Reform program in Afghanistan, and as Chief OMC-A creating the Afghan National Army and MOD from scratch. Their typical daily interactions included the leaders of UNAMA, NATO-Nation Embassies, ISAF, the 3-star US Forces Commander, CENTCOM, OSD, the Joint Staff, the Intelligence Community, regional ambassadors, the Special Forces leaders training the ANA, and the US Ambassador. For the majority of the year Jason was the sole note-taker in over 4,000 hours of meetings and the drafter of reports to State, OSD, and CENTCOM.2004-July 2007During an assignment in TRADOC Jason began to create and teach courses in the Army and at civilian institutions about Afghan and Islamic culture. He helped the Engineer School develop their Cultural, Counter-insurgency, and Counter-IED training for 2LTs deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq. During company command the Army selected Jason for the highly competitive Foreign Area Officer (FAO) program after completing a fellowship in Oman where he studied their insurgencies and how they rebuilt their nation after those conflicts. He continued to study Afghanistan and stayed in touch with his former boss LTG Karl Eikenberry who was the Combined Forces commander in Afghanistan.2007-2009 FAO TrainingIn FAO training he obtained a Master's Degree in South Asia and Middle East Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School in 2008. At NPS Jason focused on Afghanistan and the Oman counter-insurgency campaigns. He published a thesis on Oman's COIN and CT lessons which was distributed to his former bosses LTG Eikenberry, LTG McChrystal, and GEN Petraeus. He also wrote a directed study on the creation of the Afghan Military and the US Security Sector Reform efforts that was published as a monograph by the US Army War College in 2009 with a foreword by GEN McChrystal. That study was completed after many interviews with LTG Karl Eikenberry who was then assigned to NATO, just prior to his selection as Ambassador to Afghanistan.From 2008-2009 Jason attended Arabic language training at DLI until the day LTG McChrystal was nominated by President Obama to command ISAF. He was immediately ordered to the Pentagon to prepare LTG McChrystal for senate confirmation and to assist him when he took command in Kabul.2009-2010 As ADC to LTG McChrystal, Jason helped prepare him for his assignment and attended all meetings with Legislative and Executive branch leaders in Washington. Within hours of the Senate confirmation, they flew to Brussels to meet with NATO leaders and then onwards to Kabul Afghanistan. In Kabul Jason helped GEN McChrystal form trusting relationships with the same Afghan leaders Jason worked closely with when they first formed the government in 2002.For the next 2 months Jason traveled with GEN McChrystal to over half the provinces to listen to NATO and Afghan forces, and Afghan leaders to better understand the war.  Jason assisted COMISAF during the strategic review of the U.S. and NATO Afghanistan policy, often quietly liaising between GEN McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry, his new and old bosses.After the strategic review was sent to CENTCOM Jason was selected to initiate and design the NATO interagency team focused on reintegration — i.e., how former insurgents could rejoin society. GEN McChrystal loaned Jason to support the incoming Reintegration Advisor who had worked on a similar mission in Iraq and would carry out sensitive diplomatic missions.As the Military Assistant and Political Advisor to retired British Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb. They worked with the Afghan government as they developed their peace and reintegration policy with foreign governments, diplomats, and international organizations. This also helped launch the US/NATO peace process and made Jason one of the insiders on Afghan peace talks for over a decade.2010-2014After a year in Dari (Afghan Farsi) language training at DLI, and graduation from the Army Command and General Staff College, Jason was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Afghanistan and Pakistan Task Force. In that role, he led two of the highest-level interagency teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan experts in providing products and briefings for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and OSD leadership, and the White House.  Also in that role, his teams helped prepare four different Generals to assume senior commands in Afghanistan. One of his team's key efforts was monitoring and helping U.S. leaders prepare for diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban.2015-2021After retiring in 2015, Jason continued his focus on Afghanistan and Islam as a professor at numerous institutes and continued to advise the U.S. and Afghan governments, and international bodies.From 2016 to 2017, he served as an advisor on the Presidential Transition Team's National Security cell focused on the Afghan peace process and foreign relations with Islamic nations. He contributed ideas to both the 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Strategy for Counterterrorism.From 2017 onwards he served as an advisor on conflict resolution to the U.S. government, NATO member states, parts of the U.N., the Afghan President's NSC staff, and the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces leadership.Jason was invited to give presentations at the 2019 and 2020 Central and South Asia Military Intelligence conferences at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). His topics included the future of the ANDSF, and the Unconventional Warfare efforts of Pakistan against Afghan and NATO forces.Jason led a USIP project team to assess post-conflict security in Afghanistan that culminated in a an invitation from the Afghan President and UN Chief in Kabul to give a presentation to over 70 nations at the 2020 U.N. Donor Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva.A second USIP project allowed his team to remain involved in the peace process until August 2021 as part of a U.S. Institute of Peace project authorized to conduct Track-2 diplomacy while talking to the Afghan government, various parts of Afghan society, and Taliban supporters.From 2019-2021 during both USIP projects his team took part in the USIP-led discussions that contributed to the congressionally-mandated Afghanistan Study Group Report. “A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan” was published in February 2021.August 2021 OnwardsAfter the collapse of the Afghan republic while Jason was virtually assisting the evacuation of at-risk Afghans from Kabul, he and his colleagues formed the Global Friends of Afghanistan non-profit (GFA) to speak and write about Afghanistan and ensure the topic of Afghanistan was not removed from the daily news, and to help Afghans raise their voices to the outside world. On 1 September 2022 GFA held their inaugural annual conference with Georgetown University to discuss the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans, and the humanitarian crisis and security collapse in Afghanistan. Writing ExperienceSummaryJason has written 5 books, was on the editing team of the FAO Association International Affairs Journal, and was the senior editor for A Voice for Two Nations blog. He has published over 225 articles, essays, and news reports in over 40 outlets. He is a mentor to writers and a member of the Military Writers Guild, where he edits and co-authors with new writers. Most recently he has begun publishing U.S. veterans and Afghan book authors at Tamarisk Press a niche publishing assistance non-profit. His work has been published in the following outlets: CNN, Fast Company, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, ClearanceJobs News, Military Times, The Cipher Brief, US Institute of Peace, The Global Observatory, Small Wars Journal, Divergent Options, From The Green Notebook, The Bridge, The Forge, The Foreign Service Journal, The FAOA Journal, Observer, Task&Purpose, Business Insider, Real Clear Defense and Politics, SOFX The Special Operations Forces Network, US Army War College, Naval Postgraduate School, O-Dark-Thirty, and in various Afghan newspapers like Reporterly, and Hasht e Subh. He also discusses Afghanistan, Terrorism, and Islam on CNN, Afghan International Persian, TRT World, and Voice of America, and appears on other news and radio outlets.Select Publications Books2012, Lions in the Path of Stability and Security: Oman's Response to Pressing Issues in the Middle East. My 2008 NPS thesis was published in Oman in Arabic.2017, The Quran: A Chronological Modern English Interpretation. Gold Medal Winner at the National Indie Excellence Awards2021, Leaders Always Go a Little Further: ...Unless They Trip. Foreword by LtGen Sir Graeme Lamb.2021, Ali's American Dream: An Iraqi Refugee's Story of Survival and Triumph. Foreword by SIV recipient Nasirullah Safi formerly of Afghanistan.2022, U.S. War Options in Afghanistan: Choose Your Own Path. Foreword by Afghan Colonel A. Rahman Rahmani, a would-be terrorist who was deradicalized and later flew special operations combat missions against the Taliban-Haqqani network and aided evacuation of Afghans Pilots in 2021. 2020-2022, Lead Editor of the Foreign Area Officer Association book, Culture Shock: Leadership Lessons from the Military's Diplomatic Corps. Foreword by LTG (Ret) Charles Hooper. Publishing advisor and book formatting for 4 books. 2021: Brand Elverston's Proclivity and Nasirullah Safi's Get the Terp Up Here!2022: Brand Elverston's Instruments of Ignorance and Nasirullah Safi's Indispensable: Tale of a Military Interpreter Various Studies (contributor and author/co-author)2009, US Strategy Review of US and NATO Afghanistan Policy, ISAF2009, A Case Study in Security Sector Reform: Learning from Security Sector Reform/Building in Afghanistan (October 2002-September 2003), US Army War College press2010 Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan2021, “No Going Backward”: Afghanistan's Post–Peace Accord Security Sector, USIP2022, Afghan Women: “I Don't Feel Safe.” A Global Friends of Afghanistan survey report, GFA Select recent articles and columnsAug 2022, Afghanistan Has Become a Terrorist Paradise, The National InterestAug 2022, How Can We Help Afghanistan? Ask the Afghans, The National InterestMar 2022, Information Operations: How is Ukraine Different Than Afghanistan? ClearanceJobs NewsMar 2022, Lessons Learned from the Last 20 Years: 9 Flaws in the American Way of War, ClearanceJobsDec 2021, U.S. Foreign Affairs Influence and the Afghanistan Fallout for the U.S., ClearanceJobs NewsOct 2021, Why Afghan Peace Talks Got Derailed, ClearanceJobs NewsSep 2021, ‘You Are Fighting in the Wrong Country.' How We Failed Afghan Policy Miserably, The Pilot19 Aug 2021, Taliban Takeover in Kabul: Pakistani Invasion Complete in Afghanistan, ClearanceJobs9 Aug 2021, Where is the Taliban with the Doha Peace Process? ClearanceJobs NewsMay 2021, Terrorists Kill Around 90 Afghan Students: The World Shrugs, ClearanceJobs NewsApr 2021, Afghanistan Needs a Weaker President: Decentralizing power can be key to long-term peace, Foreign Policy, with Shabnam NasimiFeb 2021, Taliban Keep Showing True Colors with Mockery of the Doha Peace Process, ClearanceJobsJan 2021, Path to Peace in Afghanistan for the Biden Administration, ClearanceJobs NewsDec 2020, Time to Make the Taliban Diplomatically Uncomfortable, ClearanceJobs NewsFeb 2019, America, don't abandon Afghanistan…Again, CNN, with Abdul Rahman Rahmani

Today we hear the Combat Story of Kristen Murdock, who spent 13 years in the Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer from an Aviation Squadron off a carrier to Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU).[Check out our Patreon page for more images of Kristen and for an upcoming Q&A with Ryan]Kristen spent most of her military time deployed around the world and focused primarily on intelligence in the Middle East, South Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa, including deployments at the strategic level with joint staffs to the tactical with SEAL Team 3 and DEVGRU.After her time in service, Kristen transitioned thanks to a phenomenal program designed for Special Operations service members and support staff called The Honor Foundation which helped her find her next career in Silicon Valley working in the Trust and Safety space at Facebook and, most recently, Twitch, as a senior leader.Kristen narrowly avoided be kicked out of the Naval Academy and had her dreams of flying shattered at the last moment but ended up hustling to find a more rewarding path in Intel that serves as a great lessons for those still rising through the ranks and I hope you enjoy her insights into the shadowy world of intel at a Tier 1 unit as much as I did.Find Kristen online:- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmichele/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-murdock/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/kristenmurdockFind Ryan Online: - Ryan's Linktree https://linktr.ee/combatstory- Merch https://www.bonfire.com/store/combatstory/- Instagram @combatstory https://www.instagram.com/combatstory- Facebook @combatstoryofficial https://fb.me/combatstoryofficial- Send us messages at https://m.me/combatstoryofficial- Email ryan@combatstory.com- Learn more about Ryan www.combatstory.com/aboutus- Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio JungleShow Notes0:00 - Intro00:41 - Guest introduction for Kristen Murdock6:05 - Reality check from an active duty father and aviator at Dover Air Force Base12:17 - Avoiding the use of Intel “Jedi mind tricks” on regular people12:38 - What is the “2” in military language (S2, N2, J2, G2, etc)15:54 - Going to the US Naval Academy and almost not making it25:00 - Losing your ‘dream' career and finding your true path30:27 - Unfortunate advice from another officer to a woman in service32:27 - Arriving to your first assignment as the intel officer on a carrier42:22 - Running intel at SEAL Team 345:02 - Strategic work as an intel officer and preparing “The Book”49:47 - Doing time with DIA to get broader intel experience53:48 - Detailed to a Special Forces Team (ODA) and then sent to support ISAF (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgRf_vdx0lg the International Security Assistance Force)55:19 - Supporting General Stanley A. McChrystal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA0yXWAAais) and General Michael Flynn while meeting tribal leaders like Karzai1:03:01 - Learning of the deaths of Brendan Looney and Travis Manion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhn4vAgQneE)1:05:28 - Working threat finance as an intelligence officer and the skills it teaches you1:08:30 - Getting to SEAL Team 31:15:55 - The weight of giving intel to a team of operators and how much confidence you need to have1:17:19 - Walking past the memorial for a fallen friend (Brendan Looney) at SEAL Team 3 HQs1:18:28 - The transition to Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU, also known as SEAL Team Six)1:20:43 - Had a great experience with all the Team guys1:22:19 - Transitioning out of the military and into Tech with Facebook (now Meta) and then on to Twitch1:30:18 - What did you carry with you on deployments?1:31:12 - Would you go back and do it again?1:32:55 - Listener comments and shout outs.Thanks for listening ya'll! Stay safe.The video is all about special operations and special operators and intelligence officers and the intelligence profession. If you want to learn more about special operations and intelligence, you can click: https://www.combatstory.com/This video is describing what it takes to be in special operations and make it in Intelligence but also try to cover the following subjects:- What are special operations?- Combat Story- Navy SEALs- Combat Operations- DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)_________________________Have I responded to all of your questions about what are special operations and what is intelligence?Individuals who searched for Kristen Murdock and intelligence also searched for Navy SEALs and intelligence officers and we have interviews with many Navy SEALs and former Intelligence Officers at www.combatstory.com, including those in Naval Special Warfare Development Group (or DEVGRU), which many people refer to as SEAL Team Six, and with the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).If you would like to learn more about the intelligence profession or SEALs, look into our various other video clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCyApoJr-mNmdMNwdk22xEQ