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Further Reading

2009 Reports

• Active Duty Military Personnel by Service by Region/Country December 31, 2009 [PDF]
• JSOU Report 09-9, Pakistan's Security Paradox: Countering and Fomenting Insurgencies by Haider A.H. Mullick Joint Special Operations University December 2009 [PDF 4 MB]
• SIGIR Report to Congress: October 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2009
• Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan October 2009 -- This report to Congress is submitted consistent with Section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181). It includes a description of the comprehensive strategy of the United States for security and stability in Afghanistan. This report is the fourth in a series of reports required every 180 days through fiscal year 2010 and has been prepared in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Secretary of Agriculture. This assessment complements other reports and information about Afghanistan provided to the Congress; however, it is not intended as a single source of all information about the combined efforts or the future strategy of the United States, its Coalition Partners, or Afghanistan. The information contained in this report is current as of September 30, 2009.
• Active Duty Military Personnel by Service by Region/Country September 30, 2009 [PDF]
• Base Structure Report: Fiscal Year 2010 Baseline Department of Defense 30 September 2009 [PDF]
• JSOU Report 09-8, Irregular Warfare: Brazil's Fight Against Criminal Urban Guerrillas by Alvaro de Souza PinheiroJoint Special Operations University September 2009 [PDF 3 MB]
• JSOU Report 09-7, Manhunting: Counter-Network Organization for Irregular Warfare by George A. Crawford Joint Special Operations University September 2009 [PDF 3.4 MB]
• One Tribe at a Time: A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan by Major Jim Grant. Los Angeles, CA: Nine Sisters Imports, Inc., 2009 [PDF]
• Initial United States Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A) Assessment. Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan, 30 August 2009
• SIGIR Report to Congress: July 30, 2009 Quarterly and Semiannual Report to Congress 30 Jul 2009
• JSOU Paper 09-1, Information Warfare: Assuring Digital Intelligence Collection by William G. Perry Joint Special Operations University July 2009 [PDF 2.6 MB]
• JSOU Report 09-6, Educating Special Forces Junior Leaders for a Complex Security Environment by Russell D. Howard Joint Special Operations University July 2009 [PDF 2.2 MB]
• Close Encounters at Sea: The USNS Impeccable Incident Captain Raul Pedrozo, JAGC, U.S. Navy Naval War College Review, Summer 2009, Vol. 62, No. 3
• Active Duty Military Personnel by Service by Region/Country June 30, 2009 [PDF]
• Tunisia: Current Issues Congressional Research Service, June 29, 2009

• Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan June 2009 -- In 2009, the United States continues to face severe challenges in Afghanistan. However, the U.S. continues to work with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), the Government of Pakistan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and the international community to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat al-Qaida and its extremist allies, their support structures, and their safe havens in Pakistan, and to prevent their return to Pakistan or Afghanistan. This report describes the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, efforts towards achieving U.S. objectives in the country, and measures of progress along the security, governance, and reconstruction and development lines of operation.
• DI-1812-1544-09 Worldwide: New 2009-H1N1 Influenza Virus Poses Potential Threat to U.S. Forces. Defense Intelligence Agency. 1 May 2009 [PDF]
• JSOU Report 09-5, Africa: Irregular Warfare on the Dark Continent by John B. Alexander Joint Special Operations University May 2009 [PDF 3.6 MB]
• SIGIR Report to Congress: April 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2009
• United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces April 2009 -- This report to Congress includes a description of the long-term plan for sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), with the objective of ensuring that the ANSF will be able to conduct operations independently and effectively and maintain long-term security and stability in Afghanistan. The report includes a comprehensive strategy, with defined objectives; mechanisms for tracking funding, equipment, training, and services provided to the ANSF; and any actions necessary to assist the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to achieve a number of specified goals and the results of such actions.
• JSOU Report 09-4, The Arabian Gulf and Security Policy: The Past as Present, the Present as Future by Roby C. Barrett Joint Special Operations University April 2009 [PDF 3.6 MB]
• Active Duty Military Personnel by Service by Region/Country March 31, 2009 [PDF]
• Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2009. Office of the Secretary of Defense, 24 March 2009
• JSOU Report 09-3, Contemporary Security Challenges: Irregular Warfare and Indirect Approaches by Newton, Richard D, Travis L. Homiak, Kelly H. Smith, Isaac J. Peltier, and D. Jonathan White.Joint Special Operations University February 2009 [PDF 3 MB]
• JSOU Report 09-2, Policing and Law Enforcement in COIN - the Thick Blue Line by Joseph D. Celeski Joint Special Operations University February 2009 [PDF 4 MB]
• SIGIR Report to Congress: January 30, 2009 Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to Congress 30 Jan 2009
• Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan January 2009 -- This report to Congress is submitted consistent with Section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181). It includes a description of the comprehensive strategy of the United States for security and stability in Afghanistan. This report is the second in a series of reports required every 180 days through fiscal year 2010 and has been prepared in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Secretary of Agriculture. This assessment complements other reports and information about Afghanistan provided to the Congress; however, it is not intended as a single source of all information about the combined efforts or the future strategy of the United States, its Coalition Partners, or Afghanistan. The information contained in this report is current as of August 29, 2008.
• China's National Defense in 2008. Information Office of the State Council Of the People's Republic of China, January 2009
• JSOU Report 09-1, Guerrilla Counterinsurgency: Insurgent Approaches to Neutralizing Adversary Intelligence Operations by Graham H, Jr. Turbiville Joint Special Operations University January 2009 [PDF 1.4 MB]
• Report of Proceedings, 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, 16-19 March 2009, Destin, Florida Joint Special Operations University 2009 [PDF 2.3 MB]