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  • ANA soldiers work on a DShK Russian heavy machine gun while advisors US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (right) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (center rear) look on from an ANA observation post above the Tagab Valley.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, with advisors and Afghan villagers crossing a bridge entering the Tagab Valley.   ....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes (Center), Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, with ANA advisors departing on a mission from Camp Blackhorse.
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  • ANA soldiers work on a DShK Russian heavy machine gun while advisors US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (right) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (center rear) look on from an ANA observation post above the Tagab Valley.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • The religious officer from the ANA 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, speaks with villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes was firm about the Afghan's potential indicating they inherently understand COIN.  The ANA is a national army with each unit strictly reflecting the ethnic make up of the nation.  Unlike foreign forces they speak the same languages, understand the culture and people.  Haynes stated, "Heck they even invented the corps religious officer who they use to relate to the people.  I never heard of it before, but I love it!"  Each ANA brigade deploys a religious officer, or mullah, who preaches to villagers the sins of supporting violent insurgent groups.   Unconventional innovative ideas like this are essential in COIN.
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  • Candidates for ANA officer cadet school take fitness tests given by Turkish NATO soldiers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled on the US Military Academy at West Point.  Out of approximately 3,000 applicants only 300 are selected each year during three days of academics and fitness tests.  The first class will graduate in 2009 with four year degrees majoring in civil engineering, computer sciences and law.  By 2012 the campus will be housed in a new $150 - 200 million facility named the Afghan Defense University (ADU).  The school is run by Afghan instructors with mentors from ISAF NATO forces.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
    ANA 42.jpg
  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • Afghan National Army recruits being graded by Afghan instructors at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center).  Mentoring is done by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.  The instructors are sitting on abandoned Russian tanks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice their aim on the firing range at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, smokes a cigar at Camp Blackhorse.  His senior NCO, Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty, joked, "Cigars are his only weakness."
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (left) inside a "Qalat," with a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter overhead.  To his right is Marine Major Byron V. Chapman.....US mentors are living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, on a ridge overlooking the Tagab Valley. ..  ..One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
    ANA 44.jpg
  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main strategies is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
    ANA 43.jpg
  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, gives pens and note books to children in Tagab Valley during an operation.....To win a counterinsurgency, Haynes says you have to transform the environment and set conditions for change.  If people see there is hope, something worth them risking their lives for, then an army can win.  He says, "You win them over, and they facilitate security pointing out the enemy. It is a symbiotic relationship."  ....
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, hands pens and note books to children in Tagab Valley during an operation.....To win a counterinsurgency, Haynes says you have to transform the environment and set conditions for change.  If people see there is hope, something worth them risking their lives for, then an army can win.  He says, "You win them over, and they facilitate security pointing out the enemy. It is a symbiotic relationship."  ....
    ANA 32.jpg
  • US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (left) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (right) overlooking the Tagab Valley from an ANA observation post...   ..Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • Afghan National Army soldiers in training at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC).  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • An Afghan villager tends a field outside a "Qalat" used by US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  In the background is the graded road being paved to help the valley.....It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
    ANA 15.jpg
  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, provide free medical care to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
    ANA 11.jpg
  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
    ANA 46.jpg
  • US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
    ANA 41.jpg
  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, provide free medical care to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes and Afghan Major General Wardak, 201 Corps Commander (bottom left), salute US Marines during the Marine Corps Birthday ceremony at Camp Black Horse Afghanistan.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, looking down on Kabul from a Black Hawk helicopter while returning from a counterinsurgency meeting at Bagram Air Base.  He met with Generals from the Afghan, Pakistan and US militaries.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (left) and US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (center) with ANA Sgt Major Armanzi inspecting ANA progress in the Tagab Valley.  In the back ground is heavy equiptment used to grade the road.   ....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
    ANA 8.jpg
  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, on a ridge overlooking the Naghlu reservoir and the road leading into the Tagab Valley. ..  ..One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
    ANA 7.jpg
  • US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • An ANA soldier from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, drinks water from a new well during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • Hmong General Vang Pao, holding hands with Thai Army Chief Of Staff, Surakij Mayalab, overlooking the famous Hmong/CIA headquarters, Long Tieng, Laos, Circa 1972/1973.  To the left of Surakij Mayalab with shaved head is CIA case officer, Burr Smith, AKA "Mr. Clean".  ....Third from the right, with the receding hairline, is Thai General Witoon Yasowarat, commander of Thai forces in Laos.  ....The rest of the men in the photo are Thai, from the elite CIA trained unit call PARU, or Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit, and Royal  Thai Army, both of which served in Laos with Lao-Hmong forces.  Fourth from the left, for example is Thai Police Colonel Rashane Kijjavej, an advisor to Vang Pao for many years.....The PARU worked directly with Vang Pao from 1961 to 1975 defending the Royal Lao Government from communist forces, most of whom were North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Thai Army ran its wartime operations in Laos from Udorn Thani.  ....Thailand impletmented its Task Force Unity deploying approximately 24,000 Thai volunteers to Laos who fought along side the Hmong and other ethnic groups.  Approximately 2,200 Thai were killed defending the Kingdom of Laos from invading Lao and Vietnamese communists.  It is likely up to 50,000 Thai soldiers are veterans from the "secret war" in Laos.......
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