I'm back at Bragg spending a year doing some medical treatment, and I'm considering teaching small wars to deploying units if there is an common interest and support from the Chain-of-Command. I thought I'd throw out my ideas and see what feedback and help that I could receive from the Council. Primary RFIs are:

1. Has anyone else done this?
2. For the academics, is there a Dummy's Guide to creating a syllabus?
3. What is the proper scope and scale for this type of endeavor?

So, here's my initial thoughts:

Organization: Initially ad-hoc, lecture/seminar with less than 20 soldiers. Eventually, if successful, I'd like to have a joint course involving SF and RA soldiers to share ideas.

Intent: Provide basic instruction on general insurgency theory (motivation, mobilization, expanding the base, shaping, and clearing) and general counter-insurgency theory. Additionally, provide platform to openly discuss and capture lessons learned between the theory and practice from different units in different areas of operations.

So, that's the basics. Standing by for feedback.

Mike