Embedded Training Teams
Embedded Training Teams is the term currently used by the US military[1][2][3][4] to describe standard forces being used in a mentoring role that in the past was commonly done by the Special Forces.[citation needed]
Unlike the Green Berets these are usually Officers and Senior NCOs drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds and Military Occupational Specialties who are selected due to their experience as professional soldiers and Marines. The composition of an ETT ranges from a single Officer paired with a single NCO, which would often mentor a Company of ANA, on up to a mixed team of 16 Officers and NCOs led by a Colonel which would mentor a Brigade or Corps.
Notes
- ^ "Embedded Training Teams Making History in Afghanistan". Retrieved 11 March 2005.
- ^ "DefendAmerica News – Article". Defendamerica.mil. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ Blog by a USMC ETT 2008-2009. "Embedded in Afghanistan... a Marine's opinions and experiences as a member of an Embedded Training Team in 2008-2009 in the Korengal and Pech River Valleys of Afghanistan". blogspot.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ This story was written by Lt. Karin Burzynski, Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force Public Affairs. "Sailors Train for Mission in Afghanistan". Navy.mil. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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