security forces

The perils of basing your budget on oil revenue: the Iraqi government is practically hemorrhaging money thanks to falling oil prices, and that’s causing a drastic reduction in defense-related jobs and purchases, according to The Washington Post’s Ernesto Londono. The U.S. general in charge of mentoring Iraqi security forces observes that the shortfall will compel [...]

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -– Demonstrating the unconventional approach taken by the Human Terrain Team, the team recently interviewed 25 drivers of so-called Jingle Trucks, the Afghan convoys that carry critical supplies to U.S. and Afghan security-force bases.
The drivers, who spend as much time on Afghanistan’s dangerous roads as anyone, are as neglected a [...]