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Yes, that problem is all about the bigger bases.

Personnel were getting ridiculously fat as a result, and we were wasting too many resources on the amenity.

Our tooth-to-tail ratio in Iraq was out of whack, and it showed when you could get 31...

I think this is the precise mindset that misses the point. Are we assuming that the local population wants/needs that physical presence? Have we asked them what they want, and how the siting of a...

Okay, they are not the same, but please elaborate on the differences. I'm still not clear on what degree of skill is purportedly required to breath life into a COP/FOB, defense, whatever...

C2 to...

Yup, they left a lot to be desired, and I would offer the counterpoint that despite any knowledge base, a degree of give a f*ck and follow-through is still required to make designs, hopes, and wishes...

I am scratching my head right now because I am not seeing all the difficulty of which you guys are speaking.

If I'm going to position a COP, I conduct a leader's reconnaissance with ASCOPE in mind...

Building fortifications are sort of what our combatt engineers are for, eh?

Let's say a COP is built That affords proximity to a village/town of a few kilometers. What does it really do for us,...

Might work...for a short while and through a few successes, but then what? I don't think the Taliban are going to continue to push a protracted strategy of trying to isolate a COP and destroy it at...

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his...

I would modify my comments in the face of what you wrote schmedlap. Good point, and you're right...outside of trooping survivors out in front of the camera, there runs the risk of zero context...

I am perplexed why the Army would set up a staged interview about the incident in basically a clean room, with those Soldiers providing their perspective. They handled themselves well, but what is...

I would argue that being "close to" suspected positions in no way means that those COPs influenced a thing. Anyone asking McChrystal this line of questioning doesn't get it all.

I am reminded of...