UPHILL CLIMB: In eastern Afghanistan, a medic offers a dehydrated US soldier a bottle of water. Bob Strong/Reuters (Photo from Christian Science Monitor)From The Captain's Journal:
Before The Captain’s Journal is a strategy blog, we are first and foremost a logistics and tactical blog (logistics and tactics, techniques and procedures - TTP - is our first interest). We are also a Marine blog, and so naturally, when McClatchy published their article (U.S. Marines find Iraq Tactics don’t work in Afghanistan), we were interested. Several money quotes are given below, followed by commentary and analysis.
DELARAM, Afghanistan — On a sunset patrol here in late December, U.S. Marines spotted a Taliban unit trying to steal Afghan police vehicles at a checkpoint. In a flash, the Marines turned to pursue, driving off the main road and toward the gunfire coming from the mountain a half mile away.
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My Comment: You have to love the power of the internet. Corrections and counter points of view are always available. The key is to know who and what to rely on. The Captain's Journal is a far more reliable source of information than McClatchy when it comes to military issues .... kudos for him to examine and critique McClatchy's report ASAP.
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