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... I came back from my latest month in the field in Afghanistan disquieted about our basic military mission. Is the ... find technologies and techniques for the grunt. Re: Tactics or Strategy? Distilled,I'd put the concern the other way around, ...

Blog entry - Aug 15 2009 - 5:23pm - 35 comments - 0 attachments

... Traditionally, we prefer to quantify revolutions as ending in a win, loss, or negotiated settlement. [1]   While this framework is ... comprehensive strategy.  We continue to muddle in tactics bypassing strategy. Today, we are in a time of unprecedented ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... purpose of the military and of the use of military force in countering an insurgency? After all, the classic counterinsurgency (COIN) ... and some adjustment to organizations, equipment and tactics are generally required. The faster an army can do this, the more ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2011 - 5:54am - 79 comments

... presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a manner that achieves U.S. objectives in Afghanistan. This scenario takes ... The correct thing would be for the US to stop using such tactics AND discourage its putative allies from doing the same.. Accepting it ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... FM 3-24.2, Tactics in Counterinsurgency was released on 21 April and is available here at ...

Blog entry - May 5 2009 - 5:59pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... Taliban Surprising US Forces With Improved Tactics - Karen DeYoung, Washington Post . The Taliban has become a much more potent adversary in Afghanistan by improving its own tactics and finding gaps in the US military ...

Blog entry - Sep 2 2009 - 2:58am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

... Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency by Stacy S. Lamon, Ph.D., Nahama ...

Journal Article - Aug 3 2010 - 11:37am - 8 comments

... In Iraq and Afghanistan, the American military embraced the idea that better tactics can overcome serious shortcomings in strategy and policy ...

Blog entry - Nov 22 2011 - 9:16am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David Wood, Politics Daily . BLUF: "Experts ... quality of generalship then the problem is not with tactics but with strategy; but that is not an answer that many folks want to ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... violence against the Afghan population, as did the Nazis in occupied Russia. Neither was attempting to create an environment where the ... cleverly use the terrain to conduct effective hit and run tactics with their current kit. If they're foolish enough to attack a fire base ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments