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Originally Posted by Richard
That's exactly the way we used to be taught to think and it was a cornerstone to our UW doctrine. FAOs are (were, anyway) also taught to think that way in order to advise senior level staffs and commanders, and to be LNOs with HN forces.
Is it broken again? 
Richard  |
I don't know if it is "again"- but our senior leaders over there don't understand "Afghan" ways of doing things and are insisting we build them just like they are Americans. So- you've got U.S. military insisting they drive up-armored HMMWVs (even though the logistics to back them up doesn't exist outside of our forces), wear tons of gear (even though they can't carry it all), do U.S.-style PT so they can carry it all (because soccer doesn't lend itself to upper body strength), have UAVs, an on-line logistics system built for an expeditionary force, etc, etc. We can't seem to measure "Afghan" systems to show progress- so how will we know we are "winning" unless we digitize everything and develop American-type systems? The ORSAs are running this war and MacNamara would be SO proud of our number crunching!
