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    The Rule 1 flaw...

    Apparently, when writing his article and proposing his theory of the "New Rules of War," Arquilla overlooked the Marine Corps' base unit for conducting war...the MAGTF. Rule 1 leads readers to the...
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    Did you mean what useful purpose did it serve or...

    Did you mean what useful purpose did it serve or what useful purpose did I serve? I will assume you mean the former.

    I will try to address your concerns the best I can. First, maybe childish and...
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    Although I never did anything official, I did...

    Although I never did anything official, I did speak to a few of my senior officers about it. Partly, I was too busy to really focus my energy on griping about substandard security guards and partly...
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    I agree, although one may think SOC-SMG is at...

    I agree, although one may think SOC-SMG is at fault (and to an extent they are in my opinion), the reality is that the government is ultimately the one responsible for awarding the contract to the...
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    Thoughts on SOC-SMG security firm

    Just wanted to see what anyone else thought about SOC-SMG, a company contracted to provide facility security at US posts in Iraq. The security guards are all African, and the actual contractors are...
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    Just remeber, many, if not most historians like...

    Just remeber, many, if not most historians like to claim that history, as a field of study, is objective. But history tells us that history tends to be subjective. Oral history is good because it...
  7. Thread: War 101

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    I am a recent graduate of TBS and can tell you...

    I am a recent graduate of TBS and can tell you that there is a greater emphasis on Small Wars and Counterinsurgency. We have taken classes on IED's, MOUT, Convoy Ops and have executed field...
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