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HOPELESS BUT OPTIMISTIC
Optimistic
AMERICAS ENDLESS WAR
IN AFGHANISTAN
Douglas A. Wissing
This book is a publication of
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Office of Scholarly Publishing
Herman B Wells Library 350
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA
iupress.indiana.edu
2016 by Douglas A. Wissing
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Cataloging information is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-0-253-02285-1 (cloth)
ISBN 978-0-253-02333-9 (ebook)
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To my sons, Dylan and Seth
In any war story, but especially a true one, its difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told that way. The angles of vision are skewed.
Tim OBrien, The Things They Carried
ACKU | Afghanistan Center at Kabul University |
ADP-S | Alternative Development Program/Southern Region |
ADT | agribusiness development team |
ANA | Afghan National Army |
ANAM | Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics |
ANSF | Afghan National Security Forces |
AO [A/O] | area of operations |
AP | Associated Press |
ARD | Association for Rural Development |
ASAP | Accelerating Sustainable Agriculture Program |
ATFC | Afghan Threat Finance Cell |
AVIPA | Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture |
BAF | Bagram Air Field |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BBIED | bicycle-borne improvised explosive device |
B-hut | barracks hut |
CCATT | Critical Care Air Transport Team |
CCD | Community Center for the Disabled (mine victim support) |
CERP | Commanders Emergency Response Program |
CHAMP | Commercial Horticulture and Agricultural Marketing Program (USAID) |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
COIN | counterinsurgency |
COR | contracting officers representative |
CRCC | Concussion Restoration Care Center |
C-SIG | cross-cutting, senior-level group |
DAIL | Director of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock |
DATC | District Agricultural Training Center |
DCA | Dutch Committee for Afghanistan |
DFAC | dining facility |
DRMO | Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office |
ECP | entry control point |
EOD | explosive ordnance detection |
FOB | forward operating base |
FUD | female urinary device |
GAO | Government Accountability Office |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GIROA | Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
HAVA | Helmand-Arghandab Valley Authority |
IBA | individual body armor |
IED | improvised explosive device |
IESCO | Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
IO | information operations |
IRD | International Relief and Development |
ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
JIEDDO | Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization |
JPEL | Joint Prioritized Effects List |
KAF | Kandahar Air Field |
KIA | Kabul International Airport; killed in action |
LZ | landing zone |
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock | |
MANPADS | man-portable air-defense system |
MOB | main operating base |
MRAP | mine-resistant ambush protected |
MRE | meal, ready to eat |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NDS | National Directorate of Security |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
PA | public affairs |
PAO | public affairs officer |
PAX | passenger air terminal |
PB | patrol base |
PRT | provincial reconstruction team |
PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
PX | post exchange |
QA/QC | quality assurance/quality controlled |
QIP | quick-impact projects |
RAMP | Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Program |
R&R | rest and recuperation |
RCP | Route Clearance Package |
RPG | rocket-propelled grenade |
SAS | Special Air Service |
SIGAR | Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction |
SOCOM | Special Operations Command |
TBI | traumatic brain injury |
TICs | troops in combat |
UN | United Nations |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
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