Organizing for COIN at the Company and Platoon Level

[Mark O'Neill]

And the real definition of elite is a unit which has mastered the basics to where they are second nature but never stops training on them.

I have seen so many foreign militaries miss that point, usually because their "elite" forces are merely labeled as such because they have a catchy name, a badge that says they can fall out of airplanes, or perhaps a mission to suppress the public.

Where we advanced in the 80s and 90s from the hollow Army of the 70s was focus on basics. That still applies but the basic set has morphed.

Best

Tom

Hey Tom,

Don't forget tailored skin tight combat fatigues and impossibly 'cool' sunglasses.... no 'developing world' SF would be caught without them.

Cheers

Mark