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- Since 2005, the U.S. Army has developed and implemented the Human Terrain System (HTS) Project as part of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in the Middle East. HTS deploys teams of social scientists to areas of conflict to develop social and cultural understanding of local populations as an aid to military decision-making.
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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.
Human Terrain Analysis Teams (HTAT) Human Terrain and Analysis Teams provide support to echelons of the US Army that are above brigade or regimental level (e.g., division or regional command).
- February 2007 – September 2014
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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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Nov 1, 2015 · 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.
Dec 20, 2016 · Abstract. This article reviews the promise and actual achievement of Human Terrain Teams (HTTs): the small groups of social scientists that were eventually embedded in every combat brigade in...
