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15 March SWJ Roundup

... Press Tribal Ties, Long Qaddafi's Strength, May Be Undoing - New York Times Gadhafi Intimidating, Detaining ... Long History as a Killer - Washington Post opinion Iraq 11 Killed as Car Bomb Detonated at Iraq Base - New York Times ...

Blog entry - Mar 15 2011 - 5:36am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

SWJ / SWC Odds and Ends

... Our segment is part of a show scheduled to be broadcast on 15 April - Iraq: New Team, New Strategy, New Tensions ... ... counterinsurgency. Possibly too little too late, it may even be impossible. Americans don't speak the language, and don't ...

Blog entry - Apr 13 2007 - 5:40am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

DoD’s Combat Exclusion Policies Limit Commanders and Strain Our Current Forces

... and tired force” and noted that that 12- to 15-month deployments and the stress of repeated deployments play a role in the ... [12] Exceptions to the DoD Combat Exclusion Policy may be granted on an individual mission basis after review by U.S. Forces ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

A Tale of Two Design Efforts (and why they both failed in Afghanistan)

... and inform decision makers. Some references that may be helpful are: "Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence ... areas (pop centric COIN) and then suddenly BCTs had 15 plus enablers working in and around a Cmdr and his Staff--still no doctrinal ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 3:24pm - 75 comments

A Combined Arms Response to "Death of the Armor Corps"

... your analysis. I do think it is well thought out though! May I start with a question- are you familiar with the Army's previous decision ... all kinds of holes but its what I came up with in the last 15 minutes and I am sure I am not the first to propose something similar. But ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

Prine on Abrams and Primary Sources

... there is enough to suggest that Abram's alcohol problem may have affected his ability to command. There is evidence, at least at this ... search and destroy. Too, if Sorley is right that within 15 minutes of assuming command Abrams had changed "everything" then one would ...

Blog entry - Jul 1 2011 - 5:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

The Tea Fallacy

... The doctrine, technically known as "rapid dominance" may have devastated the military capability of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq ... George--we will probably never agree as I have asked 14/15/16 year olds to "die" for their country and support their adivsor's decision ...

Journal Article - Mar 16 2010 - 3:49pm - 44 comments

McChrystal will get a red card

... McChrystal's staff. As a McChrystal deputy, Rodriguez may be suspect. In any case, several staff officers will also have to go, with ... Letter of Reprimand - a sort of Presidential Article 15 - and perhaps other options as well. Does the President want to be ...

Blog entry - Jun 22 2010 - 9:38am - 34 comments - 0 attachments

What Really Happened at Wanat

... give the CDR's the benefit of the doubt (I've not read the 15-6) because of the following: - The COP was due to close the week of the ... got ambushed returning to their COPs. Do believe, they may have erred in indiscriminate airstrikes and use of artillery...even the ...

Blog entry - Jul 2 2010 - 2:19pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments

The TX Hammes PowerPoint Challenge (Essay Contest)

... look like elaborate Hollywood productions. Sales pitches may be filled with animation, elaborate motivational graphics and music. ... "Info paper can only be 1 page", "EXSUM no more than 15 lines". As many have stated here, some of these issues are complex and ...

Blog entry - Jul 24 2009 - 6:44am - 19 comments - 0 attachments