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QUESTIONS?

UNCLASSIFIED

OPERATION ANACONDA

Joint Operations Planning Process

$10.59

Monday, December 11, 2017

MLC Class 18-002

Command Structure

CENTCOM General Tommy Franks Commanded from MacDill Air Force Base, FL

Introduction

  • Information stopped at the HQ
  • No Single Person had the Whole Picture
  • No Unified Command Structure
  • Created Problems in Planning

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INTRODUCTION

Task Organization

  • Command Structure
  • Task Organization
  • Joint Planning
  • Communication
  • Resupply
  • Joint Functions
  • Unity of Command

Joint Planning

  • Initial Planning
  • Collect Relevant Information for the Operation
  • Analyze the Mission

Resupply

Joint Functions

Communications

  • Depleted Supplies
  • Lack of Armored Vehicles

(Warfighting Functions)

  • Afghan Coalition Partners

  • Command and Control of Troops on the Ground

Movement and Maneuver Tasks

Mission Command Challenges

Intelligence Issues

  • Joint Doctrine Battle Drills Not Coordinated

  • Overlapping Responsibilities and Conflicting Command Relationships

  • In Joint Doctrine, SOF as a sand-alone force is not well integrated into the Theater as other conventional forces
  • Displaced CENTCOM Headquarters

  • Mission Command Structure Not Well Defined

  • Difficulty Integrating Conventional and SOF units

  • Organic assets were detached out to support other operations

Battle Planning Estimates were Ambiguous

Underestimated Enemy threat:

Size, Location and Ferocity

Reliability of Afghan Forces Overestimated

Underestimation of Required Firepower

Resulted in More Casualties than Expected

Multi-Headed Command Structure

Unity of Command

"...all forces operate under a single commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces employed in pursuit of a common purpose" (JP 3-0)

Summary & Conclusion

Causes Breakdown in Communication

  • Special Reconnaissance Team Calls Off Air Strike

  • AC-130 CAS fires on friendly forces killing 1 U.S. Soldier and several Afghans

MG Hagenbeck had command of CJTF Mountain, but not the full authority to control all forces in his AO

  • Air Support assets from Air Force, Navy and Marines remained under the authority of CFACC

  • TF 11, and all of it’s subordinate SOF teams and assigned Army Rangers reported to CENTCOM

  • Friendly Afghan forces assigned to support Operation Anaconda were task organized with SOF

  • Command Structure
  • Task Organization
  • Joint Planning
  • Communication
  • Resupply
  • Joint Functions
  • Unity of Command

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