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... The "Story" The Runaway General - Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone How 'Rolling Stone' Got ... either the respected Corps Commander in Afghanistan, LtGen David Rodriquez, or the Joint Forces Commander, General James Mattis, who is a ...

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

... February 10, 2007 Office of the Commanding General To the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Civilians of ... comrades in this crucial endeavor. //Signed// DAVID H. PATRAEUS General, United States Army Commanding Re: General Petraeus' Letter to MNF-I As a Soldier who works at the tactical ...

Blog entry - Feb 17 2007 - 9:10am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... and promise be fully realized. With respect, David H. Petraeus, General, United States Army, Commander Multi-National Force-Iraq ...

Blog entry - Apr 8 2007 - 3:10pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... of honors to serve with you. Sincerely, s/ David H. Petraeus General, United States Army Commanding ----- Signed PDF Version ...

Blog entry - Sep 7 2007 - 4:24pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... each of you in this critical endeavor. Sincerely, David H. Petraeus HEADQUARTERS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE - ...

Blog entry - Dec 28 2007 - 7:04pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... of the tribal argument (heavily quoted by Gant BTW), David Ronfeldt: http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR433/ Let me ... headless, hydra Pashtun community) we can define our general engagement strategy. There are a number of different strategies from ...

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

... been practiced in Iraq by innovative commanders, but Gen. David Petraeus, who oversaw the process of writing FM 3-24 and later went on to ... skills to use in a worst case but the certainty is that General Purpose Force units will never do COIN at all well -- nor should they. ...

Blog entry - Dec 16 2011 - 12:00pm - 19 comments - 0 attachments

... at Chicago Boyz . Care for a preview of Dr. David Kilcullen's newly released book on COIN? Then go here: ... and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war powerfully influenced America's decision to ...

Blog entry - May 7 2010 - 10:51am - 49 comments - 0 attachments

... draft. In fact, when it comes to special operations in general, doctrinal clarification is weak or non-existent. v/r Todd ... recalls, even before the Iraq invasion smart guys like David Petraeus publicly criticized the lack of manpower being committed to the ...

Blog entry - May 13 2010 - 7:16pm - 45 comments - 0 attachments

... a Marine. He isn't even an American, or a colonel or a general or an admiral for that matter. He is an Australian lieutenant colonel ... him to prominence as an advisor to the likes of GEN David Patraeus, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, and to the Department of ...

Blog entry - Dec 12 2009 - 4:54am - 40 comments - 0 attachments