Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan


The Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan is a multinational, U.S. led, military organization during the War in Afghanistan.
As of 2019, the organization's missions are:
In April 2006, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan was formed from the Office of Security Cooperation-Afghanistan. In partnership with the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, CSTC-A was charged with planning, programming, and implementing reform of the Afghan Security Forces consisting of the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police in order to develop a stable Afghanistan, strengthen the rule of law, and deter and defeat terrorism within its borders.
In April 2009, the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit made the decision to establish NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, an organization responsible for the training and development of Afghan Security Forces. Seven months later, on November 21, 2009, NTM-A was formally activated under CSTC-A. With the Headquarters at Camp Eggers, Kabul, the Commander of the organization commanded both CSTC-A and NTM-A. At its peak structure, CSTC-A/NTM-A was an 8,000-member advisor/mentor, combat theater forward-deployed strategic command recognized as an Army Corps-level Headquarters. With the Train, Advise and Assist mission associated with the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and Non-Security Ministries, the organization was known as the Deputy Commander - Ministerial Advisor Group, or DCOM-MAG.
In November 2013, with NTM-A functionally aligned under International Security Assistance Force's Joint Command, NTM-A and CSTC-A disaggregated, allowing each organization to focus on its unique mission set. Several months later, CSTC-A prepared Camp Eggers for turnover to the U.S. Department of State and transferred the unit's personnel and equipment to the Headquarters International Security Assistance Force compound while simultaneously drawing down to Resolute Support mission numbers.
With the realignment of advisors toward establishing a Functionally-Based Security Force Assistance set in July 2014, DCOM-MAG/CSTC-A was recast as the Deputy Chief of Staff Security Assistance /CSTC-A. Along with the mission to budget, account, and execute more than $50 billion of Afghanistan Security Force Funds across multiple fiscal years, manage all foreign military sales for the Afghan National Defense Security Forces, and plan, budget, and execute all of the infrastructure projects in support of the ANDSF, DCOS SA/CSTC-A currently provides the TAA mission for four Essential Functions – EF1, EF2, EF3, and EF5.
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Joint Meritorious Unit AwardFEB 2004 - NOV 2004for Joint service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit AwardJAN 2005 - DEC 2005for Joint service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2006–2007for Joint service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2007–2008for service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2009–2010for service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2010–2011for service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2011-2012for service in Afghanistan
Joint Meritorious Unit Award2012-2013for Joint service in Afghanistan