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The Human Terrain System (HTS) was a United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) support program employing personnel from the social science disciplines – such as archaeology, anthropology, sociology, political science, historians, regional studies, and linguistics – to provide military commanders and staff with an understanding of the local population (i.e. the "human terrain") in the regions in which they are deployed.[1][2][3][4][5] The concept of HTS was first developed in a paper by Montgomery McFate and Andrea Jackson in 2005,[6] which proposed a pilot version of the project as a response to "identified gaps in [US military] commanders' and staffs' understanding of the local population and culture", such as became particularly visible during the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.[1][3][4] HTS was subsequently launched as a proof-of-concept program, run by the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), in February 2007, with five HTS teams deployed

Human Terrain System - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia US Army support program "},"commander1":{"wt":""},"commander1_label":{"wt":"Director"},"notable_commanders":{"wt":"<!-- Insignia -->"},"identification_symbol":{"wt":""},"identification_symbol_label":{"wt":""}},"i":0}}]}'> Human Terrain System Active February 2007 – September 2014 Country United States Part of TRADOC HQ/Project Office Newport News , Virginia Equipment Mapping the Human Terrain Toolkit (MAP-HT) Website HTS official website Military unit The Human Terrain System ( HTS ) was a United States Army

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