[Imal]

If one tenth of what this article says is true, I'd be honored to place flowers at Colonel Boyd's grave myself.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...JOHN BOYD =

...RICK RESCORLA...


See:.. www.LzXRay.com ..

[happygrl]

Boyd is "the most influential military thinker since Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War 2400 years ago".

High praise.

[TigerLikesRooster]

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.

[Fiddlstix]

Good Post
Interesting article

[FreedomPoster]

Ping. Another Boyd article.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Additional links to information about Boyd at: Foul-mouthed maverick changed the art of war

[B4Ranch]

F-16 Photo stolen from Code One Online

[Centurion2000]

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[ExSoldier]

"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?

[Temple Owl]

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[yoe]

If Donald Rumsfeld is really listening, I am greatly relieved. Let us pray he is.

[Pelham]

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.