Q course, FAO, PSYOP... to the field

[Bill Meara]

Some of the threads got moved around a bit with the reorg here at SWJ. I thought that people in this part of the discussion board would be interested in my book. A big part of it describes the courses I took at SWC, and how they affected subsequent work in the field (in Central America).

See: http://www.contracross.com

[Stan]

Bill,
Welcome Aboard !

Sounds like a very book...I ordered mine !

You have a very interesting past, and I think having served in the US Military then later joining State will provide those Embassy folks with a greater appreciation for US.

I loved the Azores, but have to admit, didn't know we had diplomats there

Regards, Stan

[Tom Odom]

Bill

I will happily order a copy; you may know some of my friends who were Latin America 48s in El Salvador.

Stan and I spent 40 days on the ground in Goma out of a year together in Zaire.

Welcome to the forum!

Tom

PS

Ordered via SWJ link to Amazon
- Ed. You are a saint, Tom. No better way to order a book. - SWC

[Bill Meara]

Yes, the transition from the U.S. military to the State Department is an interesting one. Two very differenct cultures. Someone wrote a paper entitled "State is from Venus, DOD is from Mars." It described some of the more obvious and apparent differences, but because the authors had never themselves been in the green machine, they really didn't understand how things look from that perspective.

My book does discuss a lot of this.

http://www.contracross.com

[Bill Moore]

Bill,

My reading backlog is growing daily, so I doubt I'll be running out to buy your book in the immediate future; however, I'll bookmark it and get to it when I can. I, and I imagine others, would like to see some of your insights posted here, so we can discuss them. That is what this council is all about. You obviously have an interesting background, so let's hear some of your thoughts on how we should be employing PSYOP in small wars based on your lessons learned please. Look forward to hearing from you, Bill M.

[Stan]

Bill,
Indeed, please pass along your experience and thoughts regarding your transition from "Green to Foggy Bottom" and PSYOPS as well.

Bill Meara started out as a teacher at a Catholic school in Guatemala, but he went on to become one of fifty-five U.S. military advisers assisting the Salvadorans in their fight against communism.

I thought I was strange going from Catholic school to the US Army !!!

Regards, Stan