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Uboat, this post isn't totally directed at you, but your post made me think of it, so...

All your points are correct. Also, at least part of GEN McChrystal's decision was based on the fact that,...

If there is any incompetence, it is on the part of the civilian leadership that started a war without defining the endstate, moved the endstate numerous times (all without real definition- although a...

The bottom line is that there are a lot of support types for not a lot of shooters. The definitions (as Fuchs pointed out) can be blurred, both by mission types, and by the COIN/SFC mission. Are...

JMM- yes, that is what I meant by EN route clearance companies. They are very much tooth, but are outside the BCTs, so I couldn't easily count them from open source. I also don't count the helo...

Well, the US has somewhere between 70,000 and 100,000 troops in A-stan. We'll use 70,000, giving the ratio the benefit of the doubt.

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The problem is that these very senior NCOs exist outside of where they are needed. CSMs can do a lot of good at the BN level. Above that, they probably don't need to exist. If a COL hasn't figured...