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Iraq Briefing

... reporters in Baghdad, providing an operational update on 21 May 2008. Major General Mark ...

Blog post - May 21 2008 - 7:58pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Strategic Opportunity in our Senior Foreign Official Advisory Mission

... “What other organizations was I competing with who may not have our national goals as their priority?” ... their agendas after this incident was lost completely. [21] There was the U.S. Navy O-6 trying to advise the Iraqi, Deputy ...

Journal Article - Feb 15 2012 - 6:13am - 8 comments

Irregular Warfare on the Korean Peninsula

... Not a pretty picture to be sure by any stretch. I may have missed it in the article, but Dave with regard to the North and their ... praised both the 1940s version of the USMC SWJ and FM 31-21, Guerrilla Warfare and Special Forces Operations dated 1961 as very relevant ...

Journal Article - Nov 30 2010 - 8:17pm - 54 comments

MANeuver in N-Dimensional Terrain (MAN^N)

... know very much about that structure, in part because it may be entirely novel, in part because such problems typically involve a large ... Department of the Army.  Washington DC. 21 April 2009. p. 1-25 – 1-26, A-2 for the discussion of intelligence ...

Journal Article - Jan 24 2012 - 8:46pm - 5 comments

COIN is Dead. Long Live COIN?

... who was recently reappointed to head the district in May. Quayumi is described as “very capable” by a number of ... tribal structure, a la the dramatic turnaround spurred by Iraq’s “Awakening” in 2006-2007.    ... city) of Khost was completely destroyed out to at least BM 21 range as early as 1984. Beyond that the Soviet and Afghan Air Force ...

Journal Article - Nov 2 2011 - 6:13pm - 28 comments

Lopsided Wars of Peace: America’s Anemic Ability to Project Civilian Power

... Joint/Interagency exercises. Institutional training may include formal coursework at our national defense universities, or ideally, ... http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/images/prism1-1/3_Prism_21-26_Herbst.pdf , accessed 16 January, 2011. [v] DoD Directive ...

Journal Article - Dec 12 2011 - 6:54am - 3 comments

This Week at War: The Battle of the Beltway

... Robert Gates said that come next autumn, the Taliban may be in for a rude surprise when they find "American forces are still ... U.S. Army Special Operations Command had assigned just 21 Special Forces soldiers (soldiers who specialize in foreign security force ...

Blog post - Nov 12 2010 - 5:26pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Special Operations Leaders Outline Budget Concerns

... at [is] … as the services look at reductions that may impact them, they have a direct impact on us.” SOF draws its ... 1945 Operation Kingpin: The US Army Raid on Son Tay, 21 November 1970 Operation Jonathan: The Israeli Raid on Entebbe, 4 July 1976 ...

Blog post - Sep 23 2011 - 6:51am - 9 comments - 0 attachments