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Every Soldier is a SensorCountering Corruption in Afghanistan
Amy Gaskins
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Because my soldiers have a great story to tell…
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…but they need a conduit to tell it.
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Allow me to present a crazy idea…
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Data science shouldn’t be so programming and math focused
because that makes the definition too limiting
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By keeping the definition so narrow,
we risk leaving out a lot of really smart people!
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Let’s get out of the narrow-minded bubble
and expand the definition of what
data science is
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let it be this…
If you only take away one thing today,
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Skillset second
Mindset first
Find people who are naturally curious and analytical
because smart people can learn the technical stuff
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Where’s Afghanistan?
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In 2010, the number of IED attacks grew
400%
over the previous year
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Nearly 5,000 soldiers
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Moving supplies
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LOTS of supplies
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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Over a HUGE area
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They only have six analysts to provide intelligence support
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We needed to “hire” people with operational experience
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Skillset second
Mindset first
Find people who are naturally curious and analytical
because smart people can learn the technical stuff
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Soldiers who knew about this…
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…and also wanted to learn this.
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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ISAF wants to know about corruption
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Bribes were estimated at $1-2 million per week
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But where are those bribes going?
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Containment areas are hotbeds of untapped information
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Change in the mindset and culture of both
leaders and soldiers
Rapid fielding of new tools to the soldier level
A network that integrates the soldier
into the overall intelligence framework
What is ES2?
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The 43d’s soldiers are young
and giving them data collection responsibility is a challenge for leadership
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Skillset second
Mindset first
Find people who are naturally curious and analytical
because smart people can learn the technical stuff
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Soldiers are natural helpers
They just want to know how they fit into the mission
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Grow confidence
Tactical Questioning
Use Interpreters
The Training Method
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Then move out to the collection points
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Agenda• Quick Disclaimer• Why I’m Here• Redefining Data Science• Afghanistan Circa 2010• The 43d Sustainment Brigade• The Counter-Corruption Task• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)• What Happened After
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Soldiers collected thousands of reports
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The unit’s morale increased at lower levels
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patterns
started to
emerge
After a few months…
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Up to leadership
Down to subordinate units
Across to other units
Information Sharing
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The 43d set the standard for information collection
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The soldiers have taken various paths
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Key Takeaways
• Mindset first, skillset second• You never know who can get
the data you need• With proper training, you can
grow great analysts
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