Expeditionary Advisory
Package (EAP)
During the years of 2013 to 2016 NATO, U.S., and
partner nations reduced the numbers of military personnel deployed to
Afghanistan. This reduced the of personnel to serve on advisor teams
which prompted Resolute Support headquarters to realign its train,
advise, and assist (TAA) mission. Advisors were no longer working at the
tactical level (except SOF) and were only to be found at the corps,
institutional, and ministry levels.
However, the combat effectiveness of the Afghan
National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) took a steep nosedive with
the loss of the tactical level (brigade and kandak) advisor teams and
the enablers (fires, ISR, CAS, MEDEVAC, etc.) they brought to the fight.
In 2014 Resolute Support put together a concept
called the Expeditionary Advisory Package where a group of advisor
formed from the Train, Advise, and Assist Commands (TAACs), from
Resolute Support Hqs, or from both would 'fly to advise' to ANA brigades
(and sometimes Kandaks) to conduct the TAA mission for a limited time
period (usually 5 to 30 days).
Videos about EAPs
April 7, 2018, Expeditionary Advising in Helmand, Resolute
Support Headquarters. U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest conduct
expeditionary advising at brigade level in Marjah and Sangin districts
with the Afghan National Army.
www.dvidshub.net/video/598319/expeditionary-advising-helmand
March 24, 2018, Great Teamwork in the first EAP in Northern
Afghanistan, Resolute Support.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrjDU1NJF84
News Stories about EAPs
January 9, 2017,
Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP) Concept for Afghanistan,
SOF News.
December 10, 2014.
"A reduced presence does not equal a reduced commitment", 3rd
Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office (DVIDS). Members of Train,
Advise, and Assist Team - East based at FOB Gamberi flew to the 203rd
Corps HQs for a three-day visit.
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