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... Major General Kevin Bergner, Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, and Major General Mark Hertling, Multi-National ... Commander, speak with reporters in Baghdad on 9 January 2008. Major General Kevin ...

Blog post - Jan 10 2008 - 3:06pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... a result, the “Risk Rule” was rescinded on 13 January 1994 by then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and was replaced by the ... placed upon our all-volunteer force by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Gates said during a speech at Duke ... play a role in the increase in Army suicides. [9] The Army already faces perpetual shortages of junior officers (2nd ...

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

... Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during the period January 2004 to March 2005.  These notes principally questioned whether or ... USSOCOM and USASOC.  At its initial meeting on June 9, 2004, the team decided that its mission was “to determine the ...

Journal Article - Mar 2 2012 - 5:06am - 5 comments

... operations. When the Army commenced operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, it did so with a set of assumptions on the part of our ... leadership, personnel, facilities, and planning. [9]   Service doctrine was consequently written and published, most ... 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

... Stability Operations It's early 2010, Baghdad, Iraq.  At the New Embassy Complex, three Foreign Service officers ... U.S. Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, from April 2009 to January, 2010.  General Hunt was second-in-command and was ...

Journal Article - Jun 30 2010 - 4:48pm - 16 comments

... endure in two timewise...and hope that General Casey's 9 month tour drive can work out to preclude this sort of burn out. But ... 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

... true of the inadequate training that we conducted prior to 9/11. "While I would acknowledge that we did execute combined arms ... 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

... 2010. He assumed command of 6th United Kingdom Division in January 2009 and was responsible for the preparation and training of the Task ... off training the C2 "until later". We've been here over 9 years. What are we waiting for? I witness the problem first hand in my ...

Journal Article - Apr 14 2011 - 1:04pm - 16 comments

... year in theater, I worked most closely with the “9” staff, or civil military operations at all levels of command. My ... September 2009, the government extended the contract until January 2010, and in January 2010 they extended the contract until March 2010. ...

Blog post - Aug 6 2011 - 4:57pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... that was later explored by Al-Qaida. The post-9/11 invasion by the U.S., with Pakistan as the main partner in what was then ... 12, 2001. The second stage of operations was from January 2002 with a modest footprint of 4000 troops that gradually grew to a ...

Journal Article - Sep 23 2011 - 6:19am - 2 comments