Originally Posted by Ken White
I don't know how many posts here have in essence pointed out that little in Iraq can be transferred to Afghanistan -- but there have been a bunch...
Nor do I know how many posts here have bemoaned that fact that US Forces cannot seem to learn from the lessons of others -- but there have been a bunch...
Sigh.
Did you read the whole article or did you just draw a conclusion off yet another poorly titled article that was looking for a name to draw readers in.
B/c had you read the article it was already known to the Marines that tactics were going to vastly different in A'stan prior to them deploying.
However the article is mostly about how the Marines were equipped, equipped for Iraq instead of A'stan. B/c HEY, what do ya know, they were trained & equipped to go to Iraq until about 2mths b4 they actually left & found they only had 2mths to get ready for A'stan.
They then had to retrain, but their gear was already allocated, so they had to make due.
Your comment was that "US Forces hadn't learned the lessons other forces."
Thats funny b/c the 2 COIN programs that were intiated by USMC's Task Force 2/7 starting in April of '08, of Focused District Development (FDD) Program & the In-District Reform (IDR) Program, were called 2 of the most successful in the country in the last 7yrs.
Both Programs designed SPECIFICALLY for those Provinces in A'stan, not borrowed fr/ Iraq.
So again the Article was NOT about the Marines having the WRONG STRATEGY for A'stan but the wrong Equipment, which was unpreventable due to time constraints.
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