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... Again Re: Win, Learn, Focus, Adapt, Win Again Here is one simple lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency doesn't ... is currently failing in afghanistan. When as an army are we going to learn and adapt ourselves out of this failed doctrine? Re: Win, ...

Blog post - Apr 9 2011 - 6:48pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... unlikely " in the Los Angeles Times . Re: Here we go again.... Ten points to the first person who can find a post-Vietnam ...

Blog post - Sep 26 2010 - 6:57pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... and to use the words of Joshua Cooper Ramo , “ we’ve left our future largely in the hands of people whose single ... article talks about. Disruptive Thinkers - not welcome here... In the military, there are a number of divergent thinkers. These ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney ... trade that is simply disgraceful. There is no honor here. It is outrageous that American officials, including the Attorney ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Military and Economic operations. And yet, though we are meeting with moderate success and ninety percent of the resource ... I wished to help, I really couldn't do anything at all. So here I am in Afghanistan, doing VSO, working directly with the people at the ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 61 comments

... perspective - a perspective that lacks the very things we hold dearest to how we function and plan as a military. Design logic ... Show Author Info? A comment here about Kuhn A comment here about Kuhn (and Paul Feyerabend, a close ...

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

... it aground? You might think that out in the field we don’t notice what’s going on at Headquarters. You might think ... Management models. Money isn’t going to keep me here. I didn’t become a fighter pilot because I wanted to get rich. I ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... attempt to answer the question:  What problem are we trying to solve? Benjamin ... lies far beyond the scope of this essay.  My intent here is only to begin to outline the broadest aspects of the mission and to ... cameras. Mr. Gates' changes were great, but they did not go far enough. So, what was his conclusion? So, what was his ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

... about 'containment' COIN is a very good one. I think that we (the west ) need to recognise that the strategic ends of what I term ... and marines - it is military doctrine after all..). And here is where we get to the core problem. While FM 3-24 is , occasionally, ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... act that violates every thread of value and decency we hold as valuable as an institution and profession.  Hazing and ... hazing- quite possibly both of the incidents mentioned here- were detrimental to not only good order and discipline- but also the ... of years depending on who your advertiser is or who your GO is that needs to look good for Congress. The Army is broken as an ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments