

Both of these problems create operational weaknesses affecting continuity of strategy and execution of operations.

Government agencies operating on the battlefield, with many of the civilian entities operating without coordinating with the military chain of command. Second, compounding this problem, there is no unity of command in the area of operation (AO) among military units and the various U.S. Each succeeding joint task force headquarters tends to have a different vision regarding the character of the fight from the one it replaced. First, until recently there has been little continuity between the succeeding joint task force headquarters in Afghanistan - we have had eleven since late 2001. In spite of the outstanding efforts of all our soldiers and civilians in the war in Afghanistan, there are two central problems that continue to reduce our effectiveness there.
