What is an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team?

Introduction Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs) were the NATO equivalent of the United States’ Embedded Training Teams and were active in Afghanistan. Countries Teams from several countries provided training and operational support to the Afghan national forces. This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_Mentoring_and_Liaison_Team >; it is used under the… Read More

What is an Embedded Training Team?

Introduction Embedded Training Teams or ETT is the term used by the US military since 2003 to describe conventional forces used to train and mentor Afghan forces (ANA and ANP primarily). They were formed in 2003 under Task Force Phoenix. Although ETT refers to the Embedded Training “Team”, members of the team itself commonly refer… Read More

What is a Military Transition Team?

Introduction A Military Transition Team or Transition Team (commonly abbreviated as MiTT), in the context of the United States Military, is a 10-15 soldier team that trains foreign national and local security forces. The term has been used in the “War on Terror” to designate groups training the Iraqi Security Forces in particular. By comparison,… Read More