Be honest: Who actually read FM 3-24? - Starbuck Is Wrong

[Richard]

An interesting debate - COINtra, COINdinista, or... :confused:

Be honest: Who actually read FM 3-24?
WingsOverIraq, 9 Jul 2011

http://wingsoveriraq.com/2011/07/09/be-honest-who-actually-read-fm-3-24/

Starbuck Is Wrong
LineOfDeparture, 12 Jul 2011

http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2011/07/12/starbuck-is-wrong/

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

[head]

Nah... still trying to get through that 7-8 one.. :D

Thanks for the links, Richard. MTF.

[sinjefe]

I had to review 3-24 when I worked in DOTD at SWC before I retired. Also, drafted TC 31-24 (SF Advisor Handbook) and, after I retired, helped draft FM 3-07.1 (Security Force Assistance). The Army NEVER understood, nor does it understand, insurgency or anything related to it. They never will. Any opinion SWC had was completely disregarded. Nagle was a career Armor officer who happened to study it (like a million others) and said all the right things at the right time. I work with the Regular Army right now and I am truly amazed that they get anything done as conventional minded as they are. For them, the term "out of the box"is a cliche that they dropped (alot) but never really got what it meant.