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... Back to Basics By Captain David Blair, US Air Force Originally posted at ...

Blog entry - Jul 27 2009 - 3:58pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... States military devotes great resources and attention to understanding the Israeli campaigns against Hizbullah (2006) and Hamas ... Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort Leavenworth published "Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD", an ...

Journal Article - Apr 28 2011 - 4:10pm - 2 comments

... This analysis and requisite change is essential if we are to employ additional incoming ISAF units in the most effective manner. ... planning and execution of all our actions. This takes us back to the institutions which generate capabilities, the leaders who make ...

Journal Article - Nov 11 2008 - 9:22am - 1 comment

... of the female exclusion in combat policy?  Is it time to adjust the policy? As noted widely ... report, we thought it worthwhile to try to put the issue back on the table while we still can. 3. The FET Program is really just ...

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

... When you are a stranger in a strange land, you need to be aware of, and hold on to, and be proud of your culture. In my experience ... in order to preserve their status. After 911, they flipped back against the Taliban, because momentum was with us and we would preserve ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks he ... said military experts. "My advice is to call him back to Washington, publicly chastise him and then make it clear that there is ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2010 - 5:04am - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... defeat local insurgencies, we can look back for lessons.  They key insight is not that COIN failed to live up to the claims of its advocates.  It’s that the claims ... rest of the unit. Quite simply, they're just doing the basics and doing them well. It is telling they do not like working with some US ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... its applicability for today's COIN campaigns and you seem to identify a special kind of lesson or warning than the ones that influenced ... histories and cultures and fantasies and prejudices of the back corners of the world. Maybe someday those of us who have done all that ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 7:37pm - 83 comments

... Kilcullen (I): Here's What Not to Measure in a COIN Campaign - Tom Ricks at FP's Best Defense. ... It is time for FM 3-24 to be deconstructed and put back together in a similar way as the American Armys Active Defense Doctrine ...

Blog entry - Feb 8 2010 - 1:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments

... Article: A Tale of Two Design Efforts Trying to be a "good neighbor" to the Afghans One Friday morning not too long ... why they both failed in Af Grant---good to see you back-missed the lively SWJ discussions prior to your deployment. Welcome ...

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