Looking for a SME on implementation of Sons of Iraq..

[OfTheTroops]

Tribal Engagement Teams, Abu Risha, and Marines and Promises

[jcustis]

Tribal Engagement Teams, Abu Risha, and Marines and Promises

I'm sorry, but is this a book?

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In the pursuit of developing courses of action with regard to lovally-grown forces, the cookie-cutter policy positions continue to present themselves: that security forces, once trained, should be forward deployed to minimize corruption.

I'm sorry, but after working on Iraqi Security Forces and now Afghan National Security Forces issues, I continue to scratch my head over where this argument comes from? Can anyone point me to policy paper, study, or FID operating principles text that support this policy position?

Right now, there is nothing that convinces me that forward deployed forces are better than locally-grown and locally-deployed forces, especially in the context of tribal power and influence, but I don't fully understand the source of the other side of the coin.

[ganulv]

It is nothing in depth, but there was a related act of This American Life first broadcast last October. Don’t know how the facts as presented or the spin square with reality, but the piece is a nice piece of storytelling. The protagonist has been mentioned on SWC.