Afghan War order of battle 2012

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier scans for insurgents during an engagement on 10 April 2007, in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Love).

The Afghan War order of battle is the disposition and structure of military forces in the ongoing War in Afghanistan. This article lists deployed units under the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which controls both combat and reconstruction operations (often led by the Provincial Reconstruction Teams). ISAF comprises units from many nations. In this article, units are assumed to be from the United States unless otherwise stated. This list is a rough, unofficial listing of units and formations as of November 2012.

This list covers coalition forces in Afghanistan in 2012. See the article Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom for coalition support for Operation Enduring Freedom from October 2001 to 2003.

For coalition forces involved in NATO combat operations in the past, see the articles Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006, Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2007, and Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2008. See also article International Security Assistance Force.

International Security Assistance Force

The overall command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force starts from Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe at Casteau, Belgium. The overall command is vested in Joint Force Command Brunssum at Brunssum in the Netherlands, then the Commander ISAF (COMISAF). The current COMISAF is General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. (USMC), at ISAF Headquarters in Kabul.

There are three subordinate commands under COMISAF: the Intermediate Joint Command, which controls the tactical battle along the lines of the Multi-National Corps Iraq; the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, which trains the Afghan National Army; and Special Operations Forces.

The Intermediate Joint Command in turn controls the regional commands, roughly analogous to divisions. There are six regional commands: Capital (at Kabul), South, Southwest, North, East, and West. Each regional command has a headquarters to provide command and control and logistics support for its area of responsibility, and comprises both combat units and Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).

Regional Command Capital

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
1st Battalion Motorized Task Force (Turkey) Camp Dogan, Kabul Responsible for Kabul Province.
2nd Battalion Motorized Task Force (Turkey) Camp Gazi, Kabul Responsible for Kabul Province.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Regional Command Capital has no Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

Regional Command South

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
76th Brigade Combat Team
Combined Team Uruzgan 		Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt Responsible for Orūzgān Province.
3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
(Task Force Arrowhead) 		FOB Masum Ghar, Panjwaye Responsible for Zabul Province and southern and eastern Kandahar Province
2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
(Task Force Lancer) 		Camp Nathan Smith Responsible for Kandahar City and Arghandab District.
25th Combat Aviation Brigade
(Task Force Wings)		 Kandahar Airfield Aviation support for Regional Command South.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Designation Composition Headquarters Sponsors
PRT Kandahar Kandahar Lead nation: USA
PRT Uruzgan Tarin Kowt Lead nation: Australia
PRT Zabul Qalat Lead nation: USA
Supporting nations: Romania
UK

Regional Command Southwest

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
12th Mechanized Brigade (United Kingdom)
(Task Force Helmand)		 Camp Lashkar Gah Conducts ground operations in central Helmand Province.
Regimental Combat Team 6
(Task Force Leatherneck) 		Camp Leatherneck Responsible for Nimruz Province and northern and southern Helmand Province.
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Camp Leatherneck Aviation support in Helmand and Nimruz Provinces.
Joint Aviation Group (United Kingdom) Camp Bastion Headquarters for British aviation units.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Designation Composition Headquarters Sponsors
PRT Helmand Lashkar Gah Lead nation: UK

Regional Command East

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
(Task Force Dragon) 		FOB Sharana Responsible for Paktika Province.
4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
(Task Force Warrior) 		Jalalabad Airfield Responsible for Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, and Kunar Provinces.
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
(Task Force Bayonet) 		FOB Shank, Logar Responsible for Logar and Wardak Provinces.
101st Combat Aviation Brigade
(Task Force Destiny)		 Bagram Airfield Provides aviation support for eastern and northern Afghanistan.
4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
(Task Force Spartan) 		FOB Salerno, Khost Responsible for Khost and Paktia Provinces.
2nd Armored Brigade (France)
(Task Force Lafayette)		 FOB Nijrab, Kapisa Responsible for Kapisa Province.
6th Airborne Brigade (Task Force White Eagle, Poland) FOB Ghazni Responsible for Ghazni Province.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Designation Composition Headquarters Sponsors
PRT Logar 200 military personnel
10 civilians		 FOB Shank Lead nation: Czech Republic[1]
PRT Ghazni Lead nation: Poland
Supporting nation: USA
New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team Bamiyan, Bamiyan Province Lead nation: New Zealand
PRT Kapisa Lead nation: USA
Supporting nation: France
PRT Parwan Lead nation: South Korea
PRT Wardak Lead nation: Turkey
PRT Panjshir Lead nation: USA
PRT Paktika Lead nation: USA
PRT Mehtar Lam Lead nation: USA
PRT Khost FOB Salerno Lead nation: USA
PRT Nangahar Jalalabad Lead nation: USA
PRT Patkia Gardez Lead nation: USA
PRT Kunar Asadabad Lead nation: USA
PRT Nuristan Lead nation: USA

Regional Command North

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
Task Force Kunduz (Germany) FOB Kunduz Operating in eastern Regional Command North.
Task Force Mazar-e-Sharif (Germany) Camp Marmal Operating in western Regional Command North.
Expeditionary Air Wing Mazar-e-Sharif (Germany) Camp Marmal Aviation support for northern Afghanistan.
3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
(Task Force Garry Owen) 		FOB Kunduz Operating in Kunduz province

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Designation Composition Headquarters Sponsors
PRT Kunduz Lead nation: Germany
Supporting nations: Armenia
Belgium
USA
PRT Mazar-i-Sharif Lead nations: Finland and Sweden
Supporting nations: USA
PRT Meymaneh Lead nation: Norway
Supporting nations: Latvia
Macedonia
USA
PRT Pul-e Khumri Lead nation: Hungary
Supporting nations: Albania
Croatia
Montenegro
PRT Faizabad Lead nation: Germany
Supporting nations: Mongolia
USA

Regional Command West[2]

Combat units

Unit Headquarters Tasking
Task Force Badghis (Spain) Qala-e-Naw Operating in Badghis Province.
3rd Alpine Regiment, Italy
(Task Force Center) 		Camp La Marmora, Shindand Operating in southern Herat Province.
32nd Engineer Regiment, Italy
(Task Force Genio) 		Herat Engineer support for western Afghanistan.
9th Alpine Regiment, Italy
(Task Force South) 		Camp El Alamein, Farah Operating in western Farah Province.
2nd Alpine Regiment, Italy
(Task Force Southeast) 		Camp Lavaredo, Bakwa District Operating in eastern Farah Province.
7th Aviation Regiment, Italy
(Task Force Fenice) 		Herat Airfield Providing aviation support for western Afghanistan.

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Unit Sub-units Headquarters Tasking
PRT Herat Lead nation: Italy
PRT Farah Lead nation: USA
PRT Qal'ah-ye Now Lead nation: Spain
PRT Chagcharan Lead nation: Lithuania

U.S.-led Coalition

The overall command of the U.S.-led coalition effort in Afghanistan—known as Operation Enduring Freedom—Afghanistan—is headquartered at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, which reports to United States Central Command. OEF-Afghanistan's two major commands are Combined Joint Task Force 101, and the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A).[3] With the Stage IV transition of authority to ISAF, the status of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade/Task Force Falcon, which handles all the helicopter combat aviation duties in Afghanistan, is uncertain, along with the exact status of Combined Task Force Sword, the engineer task force, and the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. It is unclear exactly what units are assigned to OEF-Afghanistan, but the operation is in charge of counter-terrorist operations, including pursuing al Qaeda along Afghanistan’s inhospitable border region with Pakistan.[4]

Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A)

References

  1. ↑ ISAF - Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar
  2. ↑ For more on Regional Command West, see "The Italian Job". Jane's Defence Weekly.(5 November 2008) and the Jane's Interview, same issue.
  3. ↑ United States Central Command, CSTC-A Official Website
  4. ↑ Securing Afghanistan
  5. ↑ Florida Army National Guard, Task Force Phoenix

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