December 14, 2007
Former Trainee in Human Terrain System Describes a Program in Disarray
A student who was let go from the project cites weak recruitment, haphazard training
The Human Terrain System — a $40-million U.S. Army program in which social scientists are embedded within military units in Afghanistan and Iraq — has been nearly paralyzed by organizational problems, according to a graduate student who was fired from the program in August after four months of training.
Recruitment shortfalls have left all of the Human Terrain Teams in Iraq
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