When is Small Too Small?
11.27.2008 at 03:37pm
From Company Commanders to Company Commanders at Company Command — When is Small Too Small? – at Army Magazine:
Companies, platoons and even squads are often deployed alone to remote combat outposts as we wage the counterinsurgency fight. This tactic increases our interaction with local nationals and thus helps us to separate the enemy from the populace. But have we gone too far? Are we stretching ourselves so thin in our efforts to secure remote locations that we are accepting too much risk? Are we presenting the enemy with achievable targets? Listen in as experienced company level leaders talk about their views on the topic.
Much more at Army Magazine.
