Air Force Research Institute Papers 2011-1 : General McChrystal’s Strategic AssessmentEvaluating the Operating Environment in Afghanistan in the Summer of 2009

By Colonel Matthew Brand, USAF

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Title:	Air Force Research Institute Papers 2011-1 : General McChrystal’s Strategic AssessmentEvaluating the Operating Environment in Afghanistan in the Summer of 2009
Author:	Colonel Matthew Brand, USAF
Volume:	2011-1
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Geography, Anthropology, Recreation, Operating Environment in Afghanistan Summer 2009
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
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Table of Contents
GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL’S STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT: EVALUATING THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 Introduction . . . .1 The Tasking . . . .2 The Team . . . . 3 The Assessment Begins . . . .7 Early Organizational Difficulties and Cultural Clashes . . . .10 The Team Comes Together and Moves Forward . . .15 Initial Assessment Working Group . . . . 17 General McChrystal Takes Ownership . . . .25 General McChrystal Takes Specific Troop Numbers out of the Assessment . . . . 27 Strategic Assessment Annexes . . . .27 Conclusion . . . . . 48 NOTES . . . . . .49 ABBREVIATIONS . . . .53 APPENDIX: “COMISAF’s Initial Assessment,” 30 August 2009 . . . .55