Eeben Barlow on why governments & armed forces fail at COIN

[Echo Bravo]

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.

[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/

[Echo Bravo]

Ironically the journo mentions us ageing white mercenaries despite the "palefaces" being heavily outnumbered by our black colleagues. And then he wrote his piece as if he had actually had an interview with me - which he hadn't.

[Biggus]

Glad to see you have returned and that the blog has been updated with new articles.

[davidbfpo]

Eeben Barlow published a book in South Africa a few months ago and it is available from the publishers. It is not available via Amazon UK, despite two entries.

Amazon USA state it will be available after Xmas for US$35:https://www.amazon.com/Composite-War...s=eeben+barlow
The book is 'Composite Warfare: The Conduct of Successful Ground Force Operations in Africa' and the site states:

This book is intended as a guide and textbook for African soldiers and scholars who wish to understand the development of hostilities, strategy, operational design, doctrine and tactics. It also illustrates the importance of non-partisanship and the mission and role of the armed forces. It covers the role of government along with operations related to war, operations other than war and intelligence operations and how these operations, operating in a coordinated and unified manner, can secure and strengthen a government.

Link:http://www.30degreessouth.co.za/composite_warfare.htm

Not cheap from the publishers, with P&P UK £44 or US$54.

Finally there are updates on his blog:http://eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecuri...logspot.co.uk/