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Want to Change Army Doctrine? Do Something!

... If you've ever read an Army manual and thought you could make it better if only the Army would give ... For the first time, the Army is using wikis to update its doctrine. The pilot program—Army Tactics, Techniques and Procedures ...

Blog post - Jul 1 2009 - 9:26pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments

Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret

... For the VC and Green Beret alike, ROI is not derived from doctrine or from top-down thinking and applications of decisions and resources, ... the very people we so academically talk about, are the US Army Special Forces. We are already doing virtually everything I recommend in ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World

... reason hardly any of these Design concepts will ever enter Army doctrine, or become a step within a planning process… to think about ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

To Design or Not to Design (Part Five)

... To Design or Not to Design (Part Five): Doctrine and Design: How Analogies and Design Theory Resist the Military Ritual ... Zweibelson is an active duty Infantry Officer in the US Army. A veteran of OIF 1 and OIF 6, Ben is currently attending the School for ...

Journal Article - Apr 15 2011 - 5:58am - 34 comments

Malaya: The Myth of Hearts and Minds

... p. 61 ).  These observations were repeated by a US Army Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bohannan who offered: ‘that the relative ... but this was a matter of pragmatic common sense, not doctrine. It is altogether surprising then that the Malayan Emergency has ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

Army Doctrine Update

... and sticking with doctrinally acceptable terms to describe doctrine that is, well, accepted. Before you go changing the language, please ... Dictionary of Military Terms . Continue on for the Army's attempt to reduce the noise level... Yep, ...

Blog post - Mar 8 2008 - 4:44pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Three Cups of BS? (Updates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

... BLUF: "... Danger Room pal Niel Smith argues that the Army has institutionalized counterinsurgency so poorly that officers can fool ... a point. To be sure Mortenson's book has not become army doctrine, but as a symbol of the hearts and minds approach he has become very ...

Blog post - Apr 18 2011 - 8:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

The Problems with Afghan Army Doctrine

... The Problems with Afghan Army Doctrine By Sergeant First Class Anthony Hoh, US Army A ...

Blog post - Jun 17 2008 - 7:00pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

General McChrystal Recalled (Updated)

... Spec Ops Officers Shocked by McChrystal Comments - Army Times McChrystal Comments Mirror 'Attitudes About Best Approach' ... War - New York Times The Other Truman Doctrine - New York Times An Increasingly Politicized Military - ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2010 - 6:04am - 89 comments - 0 attachments

Changing the Organizational Culture (Updated)

... change in attitudes and the organizational culture in our Army. Recent experiences in Iraq illustrate how important it is to address ... (1984): 1. Methodical propagation of a particular doctrine*. 2. Material spread abroad by the advocates of a doctrine*. ...

Blog post - Feb 3 2008 - 1:50pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments