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    Chechens

    I borrowed a book from my son a few months ago . Robert's Ridge about fighting on a mountain in Afganistan . There was several comments , apparently from Ranger, Air Force , Seal observers that the...
  2. outstanding website

    Great recon Rifleman ! You had another post about a suggestion for sniper/recce units to "lighten" conventional infantry .
    I have read a bit about the forming of light infantry /skirmishers to...
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    S.L.A Marshall

    I still read S L A M . The River and the Gauntlet ( Eighth Army 1950)
    and Battles of the Monsoon has graced the book shelves for thirty years.
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    Marines expelled from Afganistan ?

    From the sparse info the Special Ops Company seems to have shot their way out of an ambush . Very curious .
  5. I doubt this !!

    Can't buy this article . How does a British newspaper know so much about what our senior officers think ?
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    detecting rats

    Interesting ! From the article and graphs this is a learned reponse ? Should be very interesting to see further results as these rats gain more experience. Clever idea !

    Well fed rats !!
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    Combat Tracker Teams

    Very interesting ! Thanks for the info. Somehow in my reading of the Vietnam War I missed these teams .
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    Light Infantry

    An excellent reply and very interesting reading . And I have read S.LA.M. s
    Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation. Obviously a great deal of thought is going into the grunt's gear and what he...
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    Light Infantry and Fexibility

    CPT HOLZBACH has nailed it down !! Reduction of weight carried is or should always be at the top of the planning chart . As an old infantry hand in Vietnam I have vivid memories of heavy rucksacks in...
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    " Tip and Run "

    I see that Amazon lists the book " Tip & Run " but not yet available .Went through my usual sources but only Amazon listed the book .
    Looking forward to that book !!
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    mercenaries

    What I find interesting is that apparently Hezbollah has to pay someone to do their deed ! How much of this mercenary business is going on when we are told that ideology drives the attacks ? Very...
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    Question

    At what point does an "insurgent" lose his or her citizenship when fighting in another country ? Or do they ?
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    Book recommendations

    Both excellent books Menning .
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    Poll: Book Sources

    I get most of my books through MCA bookstore . Haven't really looked at Amazon or Barnes.
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    " The Coming Conflagration "

    I see nothing "likely inevitable" about a U.S. war with Iran . Rock is right ,
    tis a "bit of a reach."
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    " The Tribal Way of War"

    And "Insurgents,Terrorists and Militias"

    Lordy do those books look good ! Thanks for the heads up .


    I see MCA stocks the latter book , usual sources doesn't seem to
    carry " The...
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    Asprey's War in the Shadows

    It is an excellent reference work . I understand that the author revised it several years ago and I would like to replace my battered volumes with this revision .
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    East Africa

    Thanks Tom and Dave for information .


    Seems like there was another novel some years back which was pretty good , " Curse of Majira" .

    An interesting field commander . I will find...
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    East Africa & Von Lettow Vorbeck

    Anyone know of any studies of this remarkable man ? I have read Asprey's "War in the Shadows " Chapter 19 and Miller's " Battle For the Bundu " but mostly brief references .

    Col . Von Lettow...
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