Deployed Analyst History Report, Volume 2. Analytic Support to Combat Operations in the Philippines (2011-2014)

Abstract : This report captures the experience of analysts deployed from the Center for Army Analysis and TRADOC Analysis Center to the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Philippines. In early 2011, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) reached out to the Center for Army Analysis for assistance in assessing operations conducted in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Philippines. Initially CAA extended support as assistance to a Group Command Post Exercise, but soon extended to on-site operations research system analysis support. During the course of six deployments, analysts established data management systems for the task force, prepared task force quarterly operations assessments and end of tour assessments, commissioned the Southern Philippines Public Perception Survey, and conducted other analytic tasks as required. This report details their efforts through the close of in-theater analytical support in June 2014.