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Commando units and formations are part of the Afghan National Army and were formed from existing Infantry battalions. The program was established in early 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional battalion from each of the ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment and reorganizing based on a United States Army Rangers battalion. Each battalion is assigned to one of the seven military corps. The training is conducted at the Morehead Commando Training Center, a former Taliban training compound located six miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The training center is named after 5th Special Forces Group soldier MSG Kevin Morehead, who was killed in Iraq in September 2003.〔US Department of Defense, (Gates Visits New Afghan Commando Training Site )〕 The training of supply, logistics and operations has been conducted by mentors from Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, United States Army Special Forces, French Special Forces, ANA cadre and Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI).〔USA Today, (France to withdraw 200 special forces from Afghanistan )〕〔Military Photos, (Afghan Special Force )〕 The 12 week program has three concurrent training sections for the entire course. The primary and bulk of the training is geared for the Infantry line companies with a focus on individual skills and small unit tactics. To support the line companies, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company receives special training in specific skills such as mortars, medical care, and communications. The third section focuses on the Battalion staff, their core areas of responsibility and function as the Command and Control (C2).〔 Upon graduation, each Commando Battalion returns to its designated Corps area along with an embedded Special Forces A-Team and begins using an 18-week training cycle that breaks down to six weeks each of train-up, missions and recovery. Of the five active duty Special Forces Groups, 3rd Group and 7th Group have been rotating responsibility as the main effort for continued training and advising in the Afghanistan theater. ==The Future== A recent ISAF news article reports that while the original plan was for one Brigade with six Battalions (Kandaks) the ANA want a full division with three Brigades and 15 Battalions. As of April 2012 the reported strength of the ANA Commandos is 8,500 men organized into 8 Battalions (Kandalks) and one group of 500 Special Operations troops. However other reports state that as of 12 April 2012 there are 11,000 active Afghan Commandos. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commandos (Afghanistan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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