Sociologically based operations
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Is it too much to hope that one benefit of the more sociologically based operations currently taking place may in some way provide skill sets which might help soldiers move forward in their personal lives when it comes to family and societal interactions?
If nothing else an OIF/OEF tour makes one profoundly grateful for family, friends, and country. In conversations with veterans of other wars this realization of how fortunate we are to have family, friends, and country seems to be a constant for many of us.
I found that my experiences with targeting, EBO, networks analysis, metrics generation, measures of effectiveness evaluation, myriad BUB's, talking points generation, infrastructure reconnaissance, project management, and many many hours of chai and cigarettes with various interesting folks in various interesting places has changed how I approach life and my military and civilian work for the better.
On the flip side, to paraphrase General Robert E. Lee 'It's a good thing war is horrible, or we would want to engage in it regularly.'