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Jul 1, 2015 · The U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS), a program that embedded social scientists with deployed units, endured a rough start as it began deploying teams to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007. 1 These early experiences had a lasting impact on the program. Although critics have written extensively about HTS struggles with internal mismanagement ...
The HTS program focuses on mapping the "human terrain" (i.e. the local population in an area in which military are deployed). In order to do this, HTTs create databases of information about local leaders, tribes or social groups, political disputes, economic issues, and social problems.
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Human Terrain Team Handbook U.S. UNCLASSIFIED 72 historical information that can be used for comparison as a means to develop a more in-depth understanding of an area, district, or province. The information can also be used as a baseline and thereby become a gauge to track change in an area.
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Oct 1, 2017 · Human Terrain at the Crossroads. By Brian R. Price Joint Force Quarterly 87. Download PDF. Dr. Brian R. Price is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of History and International Studies at Hawaii Pacific University. The task now falls to us to leverage [Human Terrain System’s] lessons learned and make evolutionary progress ...
Feb 18, 2010 · Our aim is to make these case studies part of an evolving and adaptive curriculum that fulfills the needs of students preparing to meet the challenges of the post-9/11 world. Mr. Norman Nigh is the author of this case study, which focuses on the use of Human Terrain Teams (HTT) in Afghanistan.
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Aug 18, 2015 · By the time the Human Terrain System was shut down in September, the program had cost American taxpayers more than $700 million and was bereft of purpose; with the war in Iraq purportedly over and ...
Mar 13, 2011 · March 2009. The Human Terrain System (HTS) is a proof-of-concept program run by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The goal of HTS is to provide knowledge of the local population (the human terrain) to Army/military commanders to:
