Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in - United States ...

Despite progress, the ANSF will continue to face significant challenges to its expansion and
development, including attrition, leadership deficits, and limited capabilities in staff planning,
management, logistics, and procurement. The ANSF also continues to require enabling support,
including air (both transport and close air support), logistics, ISR, and medical, from coalition
resources to perform at the level necessary to produce the security effects required for transition.
2.1: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND ASSESSMENT
NTM-A’s ministerial development activities focus on advising, key leader engagements,
combined and joint meetings and working groups, facilitated inter-ministerial coordination,
mentor councils, functional boards, and Ministerial Development Boards (MDBs) for the MoI
and MoD. Approximately 285 government civilians, military personnel, and contractors,
primarily from the United States and Canada, participate in this effort.
The MDBs assess the abilities and capacity of the MoI on a monthly basis and the MoD on a
quarterly basis, and assign ratings based on the Capability Milestone (CM) ratings system. Each
MDB also assesses and approves ministerial development plans.
Figure 2: Capability Milestone Rating Definitions
ASSESSMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
As of the end of the reporting period, the MoD was assessed as requiring some coalition
assistance to accomplish its mission, a CM rating of CM-2B. The CM rating for the MoD has
not changed since it achieved CM-2B in October 2010, primarily because of the addition of new
departments within the overall ministry.
As of the last evaluation period, of the 47 total offices and cross-functional areas, 5 of the
departments had a CM-4 rating, 10 had achieved a CM-3 rating, 15 had achieved a CM-2B
rating, 9 had achieved a CM-2A rating, and 4 achieved a CM-1B rating (ANA Recruiting
Command, Office of the Minister of Defense, General Staff G6 Communications Support Unit, and
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