Introduction
Unity is strength. Success is at its best when there is combination of knowledge, experience and cooperation. Integrating the various military bodies in the US has been a challenge even in the modern safety. Despite the technological advancement in communication and interactions mediums, there is a great challenge in integrating the security bodies in the US. Most of the challenge is mostly in integrating the US Army department and the US Air Force. Both departments have had difficulties over the years in trying to define their relationships and they should relate (Kugler, 2007). Both bodies are known to be robust in their combat but there is need for cooperation and integration.
The case study on Operation Anaconda is …show more content…
The U.S efforts to root out the Al Qaeda and Taliban supporters started long on September 11, 2001 when the terrorists attacked Washington D.C, and New York City. The battles are executed with an aim to acquire long lasting freedom in the country; Operation Enduring Freedom. In November of 2001, most of the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban supporters had been kicked out of the urban centers. The U.S military were in operation with the Afghanistan Northern Alliance Forces (Bentley & Christopher, 2002). Later in January 2002, there were reports that there were many AL-Qaeda and Taliban Supporters planning for a fight in the Khowst –Gardez region in a very rocky mountainous place. Planning of the operation was started by Joint Special Operations Task Force North (JSOTF-N) under the leadership of John Mulholland. Later on, the duty to plan was handed over to Major General Franklin and the 10th Mountain Division who gave up the task. Planning for the operation was to take 25 days to be Operation Anaconda but the planning reduced to 11 days. The time was limited, as the military groups had started moving to the war-expected areas. The operation was planned to be represented as,” hammer and “anvil”. The anvil included the blocking forces the 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne Division (Biddle, 2003). The “hammer “ represents U.S special operations forces whose main work was to …show more content…
He only got to know four days prior to the operation day. Consequently, the abilities of the air components to participate in the operation were reduced (Bentley & Christopher, 2002). This greatly affected the operations raising the number of complications that started on day one. The air components; tankers and fighter bombers were not in a good position; problems that could be resolved earlier. There are rules that regulate the air components, which also made a contradiction due to late
Unity is strength. Success is at its best when there is combination of knowledge, experience and cooperation. Integrating the various military bodies in the US has been a challenge even in the modern safety. Despite the technological advancement in communication and interactions mediums, there is a great challenge in integrating the security bodies in the US. Most of the challenge is mostly in integrating the US Army department and the US Air Force. Both departments have had difficulties over the years in trying to define their relationships and they should relate (Kugler, 2007). Both bodies are known to be robust in their combat but there is need for cooperation and integration.
The case study on Operation Anaconda is …show more content…
The U.S efforts to root out the Al Qaeda and Taliban supporters started long on September 11, 2001 when the terrorists attacked Washington D.C, and New York City. The battles are executed with an aim to acquire long lasting freedom in the country; Operation Enduring Freedom. In November of 2001, most of the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban supporters had been kicked out of the urban centers. The U.S military were in operation with the Afghanistan Northern Alliance Forces (Bentley & Christopher, 2002). Later in January 2002, there were reports that there were many AL-Qaeda and Taliban Supporters planning for a fight in the Khowst –Gardez region in a very rocky mountainous place. Planning of the operation was started by Joint Special Operations Task Force North (JSOTF-N) under the leadership of John Mulholland. Later on, the duty to plan was handed over to Major General Franklin and the 10th Mountain Division who gave up the task. Planning for the operation was to take 25 days to be Operation Anaconda but the planning reduced to 11 days. The time was limited, as the military groups had started moving to the war-expected areas. The operation was planned to be represented as,” hammer and “anvil”. The anvil included the blocking forces the 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne Division (Biddle, 2003). The “hammer “ represents U.S special operations forces whose main work was to …show more content…
He only got to know four days prior to the operation day. Consequently, the abilities of the air components to participate in the operation were reduced (Bentley & Christopher, 2002). This greatly affected the operations raising the number of complications that started on day one. The air components; tankers and fighter bombers were not in a good position; problems that could be resolved earlier. There are rules that regulate the air components, which also made a contradiction due to late