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NFTF - Medical Preparation and Prevention in the Horn of Africa

There are numerous health risks throughout the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area that are potential threats to deployed personnel. The information presented will familiarize you with the environment of the Horn of Africa (HOA) and will help you recognize your potential “enemies.” As the preponderance of military forces are in Djibouti, this news from the front (NFTF) article discusses medical preparations and preventive measure leaders and Soldiers should take when deploying to the Horn of Africa, Djibouti City and Camp Lemonnier (CLDJ).

NFTF - Multinational Interoperability: Tactical-level considerations in Afghanistan

This article highlights Task Force (TF) Manchu operations, activities, and actions focusing on deployment train-up, mission planning, and mission execution. The TF executed three lines of effort (LOEs) in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel: 1. Protecting the largest base in Afghanistan (Bagram Airfield), 2. Disrupting the enemy, and 3. Enabling Afghan partners. The seamless execution of these LOEs helped TF Manchu excel at multinational interoperability.

NFTF - Multinational Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development: U.S. Army South and the Colombian Army

The Programa Integral Para Suboficiales de Alta Jerarquia (PISAJ) program is a semi-annual event as recorded in U.S. Army South-Colombian Army (COLAR) bilateral staff talks agreed-to-actions through 2023. Specifically, it is a military-to-military engagement with the Colombian Military Joint Sergeants Major Academy. Based on a several desired outcomes for this 12th iteration of PISAJ, U.S. Army South orchestrated and facilitated specialized training to build on senior NCO leader competencies and increase the medical capabilities and knowledge of the COLAR sergeants major.

NFTF - Multinational Patient Evacuation and Coordination Cell 20-543

Exercise SABER STRIKE is a U.S.-led multinational exercise involving 19 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies and partners. The exercise is conducted throughout the Baltic region and Poland. During Exercise SABER STRIKE 18, the 30th Medical Brigade liaison officer was assigned to the land component command and multinational patient evacuation and coordination cell to ensure synchronization among the medical brigade, corps, and multinational staffs.

NFTF - Operating in the Interorganizational Environment: Insights from U.S. Army Africa

U.S. military leaders and planners must understand the purpose and mission of the many governmental, nongovernmental (NGO) and international organizations in the area of operations to facilitate collective cooperation. This paper highlights some challenges the U.S. Army faces when operating in the interorganizational environment and provides insights to enhance collaboration to achieve mutual objectives. These insights were collected during the civilian-led Interorganizational Tabletop Exercise (ITX) conducted in Washington D.C., hosted by the U.S.

NFTF - Operationalizing Knowledge Management in an Army Service Component Command

This article is an account of the experience and initiative that drove major change in the U.S. Army South Knowledge Management (KM) program from 2017-19. This record of enhanced practices and procedures is based on both doctrine and best practices. Although compiled from the capabilities and requirements of a single unit, the insights and lessons have applicability across the force, certainly with other Army Service component commands.

NFTF - Rapid Equipping Force: The Commander's Option to Quickly Address Equipment Gaps

When there is an equipment (hardware, software, weapon, tool, etc.) capability gap, what solutions does a unit have at its fingertips? The United States Army provides units with two means to solve the issue: the Operational Needs Statement (ONS) and the Rapid Equipping Force (REF) 10-Liner Request for Capability. If the need is urgent, the REF 10-Liner is the way to go. The purpose of this article is to explain the REF 10-Liner and detail the very easy-to-complete form in order to help Soldiers and leaders.

NFTF - Refocusing Counterinsurgency (COIN) Centric Fire Support

The United States and its allies must close the fire support gap to achieve a position of maneuver advantage if faced with a large-scale combat operation against a conventional peer threat. The gap must not only be closed in terms of organizing, equipping and manning. Commanders and their staffs must close this gap by refocusing the COIN-centric fire support mindset and begin to synthesize the targeting effort through the lens of a combined arms formation.

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