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By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 1st, 2013

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Marginal Success. The DoD Inspector General Says the Afghan Command, Control and Coordination System is a “work in progress.” The Afghan C2 system is “marginally sufficient,” said the report from the DoDIG Special Plans and Operations (DODIG 2013-058). Challenges remain, among them: the system does not have the ability to plan and conduct sustained operations without U.S. and Coalition support. “The effort to develop the ANA C2 system by U.S. and Coalition advisors has been marginally successful. While the ANA…

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