World Wide Augmentation System (WIAS)

Most service members deploy to Afghanistan as part of a unit. However, some deploy as augmentees to units or staffs under the Worldwide Individual Augmentation System (WIAS). WIAS is the primary method for requesting military and civilian augmentation for contingency operations. Units and staffs can request personnel to fill vacancies or to obtain personnel who have certain qualifications that the unit or staff does not have. An example of how an individual position is filled can be seen in the case of an individual augmentee to Task Force Paladin in Afghanistan in "Working as a WIAS", DVIDS, January 5, 2014.