When I came to the AF as a newly minted 2d Lt some years back, I was still imbued with 13 years of Marine Corps time behind me. The Air Expeditionary Force concept was just coming online and I made...
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When I came to the AF as a newly minted 2d Lt some years back, I was still imbued with 13 years of Marine Corps time behind me. The Air Expeditionary Force concept was just coming online and I made...
Or a 2:1 police to civilian ratio on Alabama-Auburn game weekend:)
Hence my concern that this "doctrine" will be written by fighter/bomber jocks with advanced degrees in Airpower Studies as opposed to guys who cut their teeth working FID/SOF missions out of Hurlburt...
OE--Can we make this happen without REALLY robusting our civil affairs capability? Civilians are great to have as subj matter experts, but USAID doesn't do so well when there are still bullets...
Jimbo, I'll grant you that parts of Iraq may not be ready yet (read: most municipal areas south of Mosul/Irbil) but when you head out to some of the tribal areas which had been leaning toward the...
Funny, COIN wasn't a real hot AF topic until FM 3-24 was written...
My fear is that the Air Force counterinsurgency doctrine will be penned by guys who grew up in the ACC (old SAC/TAC) community. ...