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Nov 1, 2015 · The vastness of a BCT’s area of responsibility led to teams being split up. More team members with the right skills were required. In addition to growing the number of HTTs, Human Terrain Analysis Teams (HTATs) were added to synchronize research and facilitate integration of social science research and analysis products at division level.
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Inception to Government Transition.HTS was developed as a response to concerns about mismanagement of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in particular the lack of cultural understanding of these countries demonstrated by the U.S. military. Soldiers, commanded by leaders with limited cross-cultural experience, were being asked to navi...
Centralizing Support for Deployed Civilians. While poor management limited HTS during its early years, the program was also hindered by DOD’s ineffective civilian deployment system. The U.S. military is capable when deploying uniformed Servicemembers, but its civilian deployment process is minimal and poorly integrated. For small organizations, or ...
For a detailed account of Human Terrain System (HTS) history, see Christopher J. Lamb et al., Human Terrain Teams: An Organizational Innovation for Sociocultural Knowledge in Irregular Warfare(Wash...Ibid., 147. Lamb et al. reference three types of Human Terrain Team (HTT) members: “ne’er-do-wells,” “fantasists,” and “workers.” While these categories are crude, they are also quite accurate. Wit...It is important to note that timecard exploitation was routine for civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. To HTS’s credit, team members never approached the excesses of deployed Department of Justice e...Lamb et al., 73–74.People also ask
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Human Terrain Teams (HTTs) are five- to nine-person teams deployed by the Human Terrain System (HTS) to support field commanders by filling their cultural knowledge gap in the current operating environment and providing cultural interpretations of events occurring within their area of operations.
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Oct 1, 2017 · Benefits. Sociocultural Analysis. HTS’s raison d’etre was the mapping of the human terrain. In the non- or semi-permissive environments that characterized Iraq and Afghanistan, trained professionals could uniquely and quickly offer qualitative exploratory research to combat units.
This article identifies HTS management challenges with an in-depth history of the program and provides an inter-nal assessment of HTT performance based on 10 key small-team performance factors.5 Any study of HTTs must address the criteria for evaluating their performance.
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Oct 15, 2015 · PDF | On Oct 15, 2015, Stephen Norgard published The Human Terrain System: History, Applicability, and Controversy | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
Jan 6, 2021 · Human Terrain Teams (HTT): composed of social scientist, military personnel, and cultural analyst, who function as part of the military staff. Research Reach-back Cell (RCC): provides analytical and research support to the forward teams.
