Resolute Support Mission

Resolute Support Mission

Official logo of RSM
Active December 28, 2014 – Present
Country Contributing States: See Below
Allegiance NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Size 12,905 troops as of December, 2015[1]
Part of

Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

American contingent responsible to:
United States Central Command
MacDill AFB, Florida, U.S.
Headquarters Kabul, Afghanistan
Engagements

Global War on Terrorism

Commanders
Commander Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., USA
Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Tim Radford, UK
Senior Enlisted Leader CSM Delbert Byers, USA
Insignia
Flag
Change of Mission Ceremony from ISAF to Resolute Support, Dec. 28, 2014, in Kabul

Resolute Support or Operation Resolute Support is a NATO-led training, advisory, assistance, and counter-terror mission consisting of over 12,000 troops in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which began on January 1, 2015.[2] It is a follow-on mission to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was completed on December 28, 2014.[3][4] The mission's current commander is U.S. Army General John W. Nicholson, Jr. who replaced U.S. Army General John F. Campbell on 2 March 2016.[5]

Legal basis

The operation plan for the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) was approved by foreign ministers of the NATO members in late June 2014 and the corresponding status of forces agreement was signed by President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Maurits Jochems in Kabul on 30 September 2014.[3] The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 2189 in support of the new international mission in Afghanistan.[4]

Objectives and deployment

The objective of the mission is to provide training, advice and assistance for the Afghan security forces and institutions as well as counter-terror and combat. The Resolute Support Mission envisages the deployment of approximately 12,000 personnel from NATO and partner nations in Afghanistan with the central hub at Kabul and Bagram Airfield supporting four spokes.[3] The spokes will be formed by Train Advise Assist Commands (TAACs), which will directly support four of the six Afghan National Army Corps. Train Advise Assist Command - Capital replaces the former Regional Command Capital; the redesignation took place in August 2014. TAAC East will assist the 201st Corps from FOB Gamberi and FOB Fenty located near Jalalabad, TAAC South will assist the 205th Corps from Kandahar International Airport, TAAC West will assist the 207th Corps in Herat and TAAC North will cover the 209th Corps from Mazar-i-Sharif. TAAC North is under the command of Brig. Gen. Harald Gante, German Army.[6] Regional Command North was redesignated as TAAC North on July 1, 2014.[7]

The 203rd Corps located in the south-eastern part of the country will see advisers from time to time from TAAC East (one source describes this as "fly to advise").[8] The 215th Corps in the south-west will get a little attention from TAAC South. Several of the TAACs were established prior to the disestablishment of ISAF; they can be seen on the December 2014 ISAF status update sheet.[9]

Contributing nations

As of December 2015, the following nations have personnel stationed in Afghanistan as part of the mission.[10]

CountryNumber
of Troops
 United States6,800
 Georgia870
 Germany850
 Italy829
 Romania650
 Turkey508
 United Kingdom470
 Czech Republic232
 Australia229
 Poland200
 Armenia121
 Mongolia120
 Croatia106
 Hungary96
 Azerbaijan94
 Denmark90
 Bulgaria84
 Netherlands83
 Belgium60
 Bosnia-Herzegovina55
 Norway46
 Albania43
 Finland41
 Macedonia39
 Slovakia36
 Sweden27
 Latvia23
 Montenegro17
 Lithuania14
 Austria10
 Portugal10
 Ukraine10
 Spain9
 New Zealand8
 Ireland7
 Slovenia7
 Estonia4
 Greece4
 Iceland2
 Luxembourg1
Total12,905

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "NATO chief, Afghan president welcome "new phase" as combat role ends". DPA. DPA. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan". NATO. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission". United Nations News Centre. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "General John F. Campbell". NATO. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ Operation Resolute Support, TAAC North
  7. ↑ Bundeswehr, Train Advise Assist Command North – Baustein für die Zukunft Afghanistans Mazar-e Sharif, 17.07.2014., accessed 1 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Resolute Support". Afghan War News. Afghan War News. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF). NATO. NATO. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Troop numbers and contributions" (PDF). Resolute Support. December 2015.
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