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Originally Posted by PRB
No personal interaction with the guy but he understood hooking up with the locals on their own terms to get what he wanted done...he had their respect and they responded.
He just went to far and forgot about protecting his 6.
His situational awareness of the enemy and the locals was excellent, his situational awareness of his US Army culture sucked.
Hoist on his own petard as they say.
He lost focus by going the love route in country. That was a personal deal that jeopardized his mission.
He could of swung that too if he'd of used discretion but he went balls to the wall on a personal note.
Too bad, I kind of like the guy from afar.
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Violently agree, sir. MAJ Gant's "One Tribe at a Time" premise sure seemed to make sense. What didn't work appears to be the way in which he (as a resource) was managed (led), and of course the way he
didn't cover his 6 while he was making some stupid choices. Bet this is a greater risk to the good war fighter than the public knows.
Your observations, spottedmedic111, are on target, too, sir. The mission is the thing.