New Counterinsurgency Manuals

[CaptCav_CoVan]

I did read Lt. General Mattis' opening letter in the front of the work and I have corresponded with him on several occasions regarding the woeful state of training and preparation of Marines for a counterinsurgency. The Marine Corps took a long time to get around to allocating money to train advsiors. There is still no single point of contact since you have MARSOC, I MEF, and II MEF, as well as SCETC who are trying to figure out who is going to train advisors. When I met with Colonel (deleted) last October at SCETC, they were using a 4 inch binder full of Powerpoints that were pulled from umteen locations. I said that a couple of us could pull together a curriculuim and write a decent sent of training materials in a couple of months. It was not until July this year that SCETC hired instructors and I still do not know the state of their curriuclum, leader guides, learner guides, handbooks, distance learning materials. I have been doing this type of work for Fortune 100 companies for the past 30+ years and I know what can be done with limited funds and knowledgeable people. Get past the doctine and get to the training! It ain't that hard, sports fans...except in the military.