Afghan National Army / Training Mission / Afghan government / Missouri University of Science and Technology / U.S. Military Academy / Afghan National Police / International Security Assistance Force / 1249th Engineer Battalion / ■■ Maintain mission / 54th Engineer Battalion / North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Hofstra University in New York / Regional Command / National Guard / Afghan National Security Forces / United States Army / 18th Engineer Brigade / Afghan Military School / 111th Engineer Battalion / Military University in Kabul / 18th Engineer Brigade ANSF / 30th Naval Construction Regiment / /
Person
David Petraeus / Battalion / Jamal Nasir / Sword / John R. Allen / Basic Course / Thomas M. Ryder / Brigade / Joseph J. Caperna / /
Position
370th Engineer Company commander / driver / Captain / Task Force Roughneck engineer / translator / captain and a staff sergeant / 370th Engineer / heavy equipment operator / U.S. partnership officer / Southern Engineer Region / General / officer / Engineer / officer / and a representative / Engineer Officer / commander of the explosive ordnance disposal unit / Northern Engineer Region / development officer / Commander / Forward / First Lieutenant / officer / public affairs / /
By Captain Joseph J. Caperna, Captain Thomas M. Ryder, and First Lieutenant Jamal Nasir T en years ago, no one believed that the Afghan National Army (ANA) would possess the capability to conduct route clearance patrols