In 70-72, Chief Infantry Branch sent me back to college for two years around to finish my degree. I was very lucky. Bush 1 and 2 both knew zip. Hussein had Iran in check.
Then we used one well thought out mission with two SF A teams leading the Northern Alliance and those south. In a few months they won. When is the regular Army going to understand that UW is not their business? Look at all those we have had KIA and/or lost limbs from IED’s. Damn sad.
Interesting. Perhaps you can comment on why most of the casualties in Iraq came about over ambushes and bombings of US forces on highways. Most US military vehicles have been designed for several decades to have cross country mobility capacity. Why then did motor vehicle echelon movements always used highways. In some cases, the line of communication from the Green Zone to Baghdad International Airport for instance, there was no choice as it was totally through an urban landscape. However, much of the operational area was open and often semi-arid or desert terrain. Using the highways for most missions made US forces highly visible targets. Am I wrong in this perception, or, if I m correct , was was such a tactical MO embraced?