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10 January COIN Update

... Department of State On-the-Record Iraq PRT Briefing - Ramadi Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader ... Reconstruction Team Leader Dr. John Jones, and Baghdad 7 Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader John Smith On Reconstruction ...

Blog post - Jan 10 2008 - 3:00am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Iraq Interview and Briefing

... Interview with Commander of Multi-National Forces, Iraq , General David Petraeus on 7 January 2008. Colonel Charles Flynn, Commander of the 1st ...

Blog post - Jan 8 2008 - 8:38am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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

... a result, the “Risk Rule” was rescinded on 13 January 1994 by then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and was replaced by the ... are off the charts. They’re doing great.” [7] Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special ... placed upon our all-volunteer force by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Gates said during a speech at Duke ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 8:34am - 46 comments

The Strategic Opportunity in our Senior Foreign Official Advisory Mission

... but we are going to keep the body in place.” [7]   The concept of “keeping the body in place,” led to the ... with Tom Haney, Canadian Army, Former SFO advisor, 18 January 2011 [12] Robert D. Ramsey III, (2006) OP 18 Advising ...

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

Philippines a Model for Counterinsurgency

... run some numbers for perspective on how many hours in a 7 day/168 hour week the average person (a non-governmental employee who is not ... Value' by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer in the January to February 2011 issue. The Economist offers a critique of the idea in ...

Blog post - Mar 30 2011 - 7:45am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

What Really Happened at Wanat

... done a bunch of tours, I have a bunch of valor awards from Iraq, and LTG Caldwell recently invoked my unit as a prime example of ... Campbell offered this about the valley site on page 7 of his rebuttal: "e. The TF Bayonet.CJTF-101 AR 15-6 ROI and the JAGMAN ... have died since Operation Moshtarak was initiated in January. Nearly 70 of these were well trained, equipped, and resourced ...

Blog post - Jul 2 2010 - 3:19pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments

A Rose By Any Other Name

... insurgency to reflect the realities of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The new definition defines insurgency as, ... on November 5, 2011. [xviii] Bloomberg News, January 20, 2010 FARC’s Cocaine Sales to Mexico Cartels Prove Too Rich ... accessed on October 7, 2011. [xxvii] United States Senate Caucus on the International ...

Journal Article - Jan 9 2012 - 3:55pm - 3 comments

Misreading the History of the Iraq War

... live among their people to protect them. With this 24/7 support, they could get rid of the terrorists of Al Qaeda-Iraq for good. The ... Our BCT controlled southern Baghdad from May 2003 - January 2004. We spread our companies/batteries/troops out in key locations ...

Blog post - Mar 10 2008 - 5:21pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments

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

... security environment. Recent Coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan show that both are interdependent and require simultaneous ... , accessed 7 February, 2011. [ii] U.S. General Accounting Office. ... http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0839.pdf (accessed 16 January, 2010), 3. [iii] Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace: ...

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

SECDEF Gates Meets with COCOMs, USMC Makes Case...

... summit. Internal documents indicate the January 7 morning session was scheduled to cover current defense actions and ...

Blog post - Jan 11 2009 - 3:33pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments