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To Josh, Absolutely agree. Its all about the Hook & Hit Factor. A well crafted song has...
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Tag Archives: tribes
One Tribe At A Time #4: The Full Document at last!
Download Major Jim Gant’s “One Tribe At A Time” to your computer, or view it right now.
[Because of the extraordinary response to Maj. Jim Gant's paper, One Tribe At A Time, I've decided to leave it up all week in the "Number One Slot." My ongoing interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai will pick again [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, One Tribe At A Time Also tagged Afghanistan, Maj. Jim Gant, One Tribe At A Time, tribal mindet, Tribalism 106 Comments
An Open Letter to Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor
[This week has been a rough one for our troops in Afghanistan--and a contentions one among policymakers here in the States. I'm going to interrupt our ongoing interview with tribal chief Ajmal Khan Zazai to post this open letter. The same note was sent by e-mail two days ago to the parties below.]
TO: Gen. James [...]
One Tribe At A Time #2: Tribal Engagement Teams
Last week in our first excerpt from Special Forces Major Jim Gant’s paper, “One Tribe At A Time,” Maj. Gant laid out the concept for a specialized type of American unit–a Tribal Engagement Team. Such teams would be small, highly trained and motivated, and granted broad latitude in the means of pursuing their mission. They [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, One Tribe At A Time Also tagged Afghanistan, Maj. Jim Gant, One Tribe At A Time, Taliban 24 Comments
“One Tribe At A Time,” #1
The thoughts and I ideas that I will put forward in this paper are mine alone. Although I credit the U.S. Army Special Forces for the training I have received and the trust of [its] commanders, nothing in this paper reflects any other person’s or organization’s ideas.
This is the opening author’s note from Maj. Jim Gant’s [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Editorial, One Tribe At A Time Also tagged Afghanistan, Maj. Jim Gant, One Tribe At A Time 12 Comments
Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains