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UNCLASSIFIED<br />

fields. In mid-March 2013, the ANA implemented its newly revised BWT course, which has<br />

been reduced from nine to eight weeks. This new program <strong>of</strong> instruction (POI) has a significant<br />

impact on literacy training, which to date has been delivered during BWT in order to bring new<br />

soldiers up to level one literacy and requires them to attend classes before the regular training<br />

day begins or after it ends. NTM-A will continue coordinating with the ANA to increase their<br />

literacy programs.<br />

Activity in the institutional training centers (Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) and the<br />

Regional Military Training Centers (RMTCs)) focuses on the attainment <strong>of</strong> level one literacy,<br />

which is equivalent to a first grade education in the U.S. Level three literacy training is <strong>of</strong>fered<br />

during Pre-Branch Literacy training. However, these programs have limited capacity <strong>of</strong> only 200<br />

soldiers per course, i.e. <strong>of</strong> the 1,400 candidates graduating from a BWT course, only 200 are<br />

selected for Pre-Branch Literacy course.<br />

2.6: AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY CAPACITY AND GROWTH<br />

At the end <strong>of</strong> the reporting period, the ANA achieved 93 percent <strong>of</strong> its established fielded 18 endstrength<br />

objective <strong>of</strong> 195,000, reaching 182,315 members, which includes 175441 personnel in<br />

the ANA and 6,874 in the AAF.<br />

Figure 16: ANA End Strength, Attrition, and Retention<br />

18 Fielded strength refers to the number <strong>of</strong> personnel in fielded units.<br />

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