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“Army’s Next Crop of Generals Forged in Counterinsurgency”: to fight the ‘long war’

comment by Jerry Gordon
The appointment of General Petreaus, the architect of the “surge” strategy in Iraq and counterinsurgency expert to the Army’s general selection board is an important development. It signals that Colonels with the requisite background in special ops and counterinsurgency in both Iraq and Afghanistan will be in the forefront of future generals […]

May 15th, 2008 at 1:46 • opinionWashington PostGeneral PetreausUS Army selection boardSpecial ops and counter insurgency specialists nominate 0 Comments