A just-published article in Foreign Affairs by Defense Secretary Robert Gates provides a snapshot of an emerging irregular-warfare-heavy Pentagon — and interagency process — in the Obama administration.
The article, “A Balanced Strategy,” was written before President-elect Barack Obama announced that Gates would continue at the Defense Dept. It More…
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – Outside the media operations center this morning, four Afghan workers on the base stared exhaustedly at a few large pieces of lumber, arranging the wood to form the basis for what appeared to be a roof. One of the men knelt over the arrangement More…
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Lots of soldiers walk through Bagram’s main strip, Disney Drive, in various stages of uniform.
Then there’s a contingent that’s out of uniform and wearing neither contractor lanyards nor carrying Defense Dept. civilian badges. They’ve got beards – thick, grody ones – and tattoos, their More…
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