Apparently a French IS activist published the names and addresses of 4 Belgian soldiers on the Internet.
I have only the Belgian and German news version:
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Apparently a French IS activist published the names and addresses of 4 Belgian soldiers on the Internet.
I have only the Belgian and German news version:
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for the replies.
A few books ring a bell, but I will keep on searching. Lester Grau is of course well known :):)
Are there any books from the ex-Soviet time (other than by Mr Grau) that you know...
Hello. I will (probably - not sure yet, but 90% :o ) start my 1st mission with RSM beginning of October as a mountain warfare advisor in Afghanistan-N.
Are there any new books the community can...
with tougher sanctions if Russia accepts the Donezk-Referendum but not the presidential elections ...
what was the book about the beginnings of the 1st WW called: the sleepwalkers .......:(
I just finished Fukuyamas "The end of history ...".
Amazing book ... and especially amazing, how times can change.:wry:
and so little time to read :(.
Wrong turn by Col Gian Gentile
The end of history and the last men by Francis Fukuyama
The soldier and the state by Samuel P Huntington
The Routledge Handbook of...
After Syrian rebels captured and occupied the Bravo gate (Syrian side) for some time today, the Austrian government apparently has decided today to withdraw its 390-strong contingent within the next...
OK gents, thanks so far for the feed-back.
Now some clarifications:
I am a firm believer in the idea, that only an offensive mindset brings you further toward success. Insofar i totally agree with...
I want to restart this thread by requoting from davidpfbo and the IISS article:
In the Austrian Armed Forces we have for different reasons neglected the issue of C-IED battle drills for a long...
... or as the saying goes.
I just met with my tutor and we defined my PhD thesis in a more exact way:
"Counterinsurgency vs Counterterrorism - an analysis of the difference by comparing applied...
Old eagle, you sure are right about the difficulty of developing a sound and narrow thesis.
Since my tutor "only" allows me to write around 300 pages:confused:, I sure will have to find/develop a...
To answer your questions:
@ old eagle:
I will write in English (better language for this topic in my opinion)
Doctrine or strategy - good question, but since both are linked, I will write...
... but since I had a long day shooting at the range (and it's now past midnight) and tomorrow will also be a long day - more questions, answers and remarks tomorrow.
Just one question:
I read...
Hello SWJ community.
I've just started my to to plan my PhD in political science/international relations. Since the topic will be the differences between COIN, CT and FID, with a case study of...
Gonna be interesting to read about his ideas, views...
Will keep you posted (it's only 500 pages :rolleyes:)
Since I am a participant in a NATO C-IED Train-the-trainer course in Croatia, some of the points made are of immediate interest to me.
The principles and techniques we are taught here all stress on...
1. The "normal" Austrian jagerbataillon looks as follows:
- 1 HHQCoy stabskompanie
x Commander and staff
x transportation plt
x signals plt
x medical plt
x maintenance plt
x...
or something like that.
As far as I know, the reason was a change in doctrine combined with lack of resources ie money.
But I'll try to find out.
That is by the way the reason why (in my initial...
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Hello Tukhachevskii
As we say in Austria, you push the knife even deeper into the wound.
1. When the jagerkompanie was restructured, the 81mm mortar section (with two mortars) which...
I'm new to this website so I thought I'd just respond.
The austrian Jaegerkompanie was restructured in 2005.
It now consists of the following elements:
- command section (CO, 2ic, first...