Eeben Barlow on why governments & armed forces fail at COIN

[davidbfpo]

Amazed at how a journo can lift an article off one website, credit someone a co-founder of EO (who wasn't), add in his own imagination and interpretation of the situation, credit us (STTEP) with so much, add several years to my age - and get paid for it.
Poor research and an apparent lack of professional integrity ought to have no place in the media.

Thank you Echo Bravo for that pithy assessment.

SOFREP have a five-part series on Eeben Barlow's work in Nigeria. Part 1:http://sofrep.com/40608/eeben-barlow...oko-haram-pt1/
Part 2:http://sofrep.com/40623/eeben-barlow...-strike-force/
Part 3:http://sofrep.com/40633/eeben-barlow...#ixzz3a1yhh2z8

He describes 'relentless pursuit' as:

Barlow’s key points to utilizing relentless pursuit include:

• Troops eating while on the move
• Combat tracking the enemy at a high rate of speed
• Having the ability to leap-frog ahead of the enemy via helicopter
• Utilizing communications
• Emphasizing aggression
• Maintaining proficiency in night operations
• Outgunning the enemy

Part 4:http://sofrep.com/40675/eeben-barlow...ial-narrative/
Part 5:http://sofrep.com/40700/eeben-barlow...-nigerias-war/