But the SF raised this issue themselves in 2002 which resulted in the raising of the SFSG. The SFSG are not SF, but operate in direct support of and under command of the SF.
Which is what...
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But the SF raised this issue themselves in 2002 which resulted in the raising of the SFSG. The SFSG are not SF, but operate in direct support of and under command of the SF.
Which is what...
The NI experience did not seem to hamper the UK in the Falklands, Gulf War 1 or Iraq 2003...
The SF take the cream, but they do not take all the cream. One of the problems they have had...
I think that the problem is that they are military think tankers and lack a broad perspective? Certainly my experience of the UK military is that there is depressingly little cross fertilisation...
I think I am following your thought here in that if there was more continuity there would be better preparation and therefore less Risk? That is not my experience of it. In N Ireland tasks which...
Bugger! More books for my reading list :D
I find myself in violent agreement here :D
Not only is the societal and social contruct different, it is based on a different style of logic and a different cocept of time. It is not just that we...
We see the same sort of process happening in some respects. However, as in N Ireland, I suspect that what we will see as Afghanistan enters drawdown is that many of the missions currently undertaken...
Poor wording on my part. I think that the British approach is that the size of the grouping depends on the military capability of the opponent and by military capability I mean the effective combat...
The size of grouping very much depends on the size of enemy you are fighting. In the early years it was rare to go out in less then platoon plus strength because the insurgents were operating in...
Okay, you stick to yours and I will stick to mine. :D The term manoeuvres as you describe it has not been in use by the Army since at least 1989 (and we were still doing Divisional and brigade...
Agreed.
Agreed. And the tactics will be different and evolve for each conflict.
I don't think this is what he is saying. My reading of this was that he was disagreeing with the UK...
TTPs evolve week by week, month by month and are different according to which AO you are in and the threat faced. What is seen on TV is a combination of tactical good practice and bad practice. ...
Most armies are more alike then they feel comfortable with...
I shout loudly from the cheap seats in the British Army - but I am not sure that anyone listens :rolleyes:
Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present and Future.
Ostensibly this monograph is about debunking 10 myths of British Counterinsurgency. I found...
Quite right, but the operational and strategic level mistakes can be laid at the Generals' door. At the tactical level there are examples of good and bad practice, like every other army iin every...
Extremely bureacratic. The UK has just formed up a Joint Force Command that at first glance looks like adding another stovepiped staffing chain to an already complex structure. Every time that I...
Ooh I don't know; I can think of several serving officers who would love to have a pop, even if only from our cheap seats! :D
The UK is busy re-writing its COIN doctrine, which will (in the hierarchy of doctrine) slip in under the Stabilisation doctrine. The UK had pretty good COIN doctrine, it is just that few read it,...