1 posted on
01/12/2003 6:16:18 AM PST by
Valin
To: Valin
If one tenth of what this article says is true, I'd be honored to place flowers at Colonel Boyd's grave myself.
2 posted on
01/12/2003 6:27:11 AM PST by
Imal
(Disciple of Strategery)
To: Valin
...JOHN BOYD =
...RICK RESCORLA...
See:.. www.LzXRay.com ..
3 posted on
01/12/2003 6:27:55 AM PST by
ALOHA RONNIE
( Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LzXRay.com)
To: Valin
Boyd is "the most influential military thinker since Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War 2400 years ago". High praise.
6 posted on
01/12/2003 6:34:09 AM PST by
happygrl
To: Valin
Re #1
It is all about sensors/guidance/communications. Spot your enemy first, coordinate your attack faster, to deliver the lethal blow fast and accurately even before he finds out.
To: Valin
Good Post
Interesting article
9 posted on
01/12/2003 6:43:21 AM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: Sparta
Ping. Another Boyd article.
12 posted on
01/12/2003 7:02:17 AM PST by
FreedomPoster
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To: Valin
17 posted on
01/12/2003 7:21:42 AM PST by
B4Ranch
To: Valin
bump
22 posted on
01/12/2003 8:05:04 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(Darth Crackerhead)
To: Valin
"Almost 30 Americans were killed in the conflict, most the victims of friendly fire."I had the honor to know one of them. In fact, this kid, SP/4 Kevin Lannon wouldn't have been there were it not for me. And, yes, that knowledge still haunts me a little bit.
SP/4 Lannon was my platoon medic when I was a Lieutenant in the now defunct 9th Infantry Division. His lifelong dream was to be an AIRBORNE RANGER. I had a buddy from college who was the Ranger Bn S1 and my own S1 was a good guy, so I did some talking to my best friend from high school was the HHC Ranger Bn CO and we worked some paperwork magic and got the kid transferred.
The day I handed him his orders (about six months before his died in the air assault on the medical school from ENEMY FIRE) he looked like a five year old about to get a ride on the town fire engine. He was thunderstruck. He wanted those orders more than anything in the world and that is my solace. To die doing something you love is not so bad is it?
To: Valin
bump
To: Valin
If Donald Rumsfeld is really listening, I am greatly relieved. Let us pray he is.
41 posted on
01/12/2003 2:35:29 PM PST by
yoe
To: Valin
But without his influence, the US would almost certainly be preparing to enter Iraq much as it fled Saigon: a vast, muscle-bound killing machine based on the assumption that big budgets and expensive weapons assured victory. It doesn't sound to me like he knew all that much about Vietnam. Far from being "muscle-bound", the number of combat troops was remarkably small. From 35,000-50,000, even at the height when we had 500,000 people there. Small stinger with a long tail. The problem was a lack of strategic plan at the political level, little to do with equipment or procurement.
47 posted on
01/12/2003 6:19:34 PM PST by
Pelham
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