We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/ouch_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:24:48 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/ouch_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/ouch_1.html Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:46:38 -0600
Complex?  Damn straight.  It makes classic Byzantine politics look simple.  And we're expecting captains and lieutenants to figure a lot of this out.  With one-year rotations for the active force, (and less than that for Reserve and Guard formations,) I figure we're actually getting maybe six to nine months of effective ops out of many units, what with it taking a while to develop the required local knowledge and proper reationships with the locals.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/ouch_1.html#comment-81384 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/ouch_1.html#comment-81384 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:45:40 -0600