Special Warfare back issues from November 2007:
FROM THE COMMANDANT
Nov 01, 2007; ... One of the most challenging aspects of training Soldiers for special operations is adapting our training to widely varying mission requirements and trying to ensure that our Soldiers will be prepared for any situation they may encounter. The articles in this issue of Special Warfare give ...
PAGAN EARNS HIS STAR
Nov 01, 2007; ... The United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School deputy commanding general was promoted to the rank of brigadier general Sept. 28, the sixth promotion in Brigadier General Hector E. Pagan's 27-year career in the U.S. Army. In a ceremony at the Fort Bragg Officer's ...
RANGERS' VALOROUS ACTIONS HONORED
Nov 01, 2007; ... Eight hundred Rangers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, stood quietly in formation as they were recognized by their battalion commander, lieutenant Colonel Bryan Rudicille, for their combat actions at an awards ceremony, Aug. 17, at Hunter Army Airfield's Truscott Air Terminal. The ...
KINGSBURY TAKES HELM OF MEDICAL GROUP
Nov 01, 2007; ... In a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, the Special Warfare Medical Group, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, was activated and received a new commander, Oct. 1. Colonel Kevin Keenan oversaw the activation of the medical group and then transferred ...
Understanding the new Defense Language Proficiency Test: What it is and what it isn't
Nov 01, 2007; ... Last year, the Department of Defense began using a new version of the Defense Language Proficiency Test that is a significant departure from earlier language tests. Since then, the Defense Language Proficiency Test, version V, or DLPT V, like other innovations, has caused some concern and ...
PSYOP DOCTRINE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Nov 01, 2007; ... Three new publications from the JFK Special Warfare Center and School will give Soldiers in Psychological Operations information on PSYOP critical tasks, on self-development and on career progression in the new PSYOP Branch. The first publication, STP 33-37II-OFS, Psychological ...
Agile Sustainment: A Practice in Agility
Nov 01, 2007; ... As the battlefield environment is constantly changing, logistics support provided to units engaged in counterinsurgency operations must remain fluid. For a Special Forces battalion task force, which employs a small force structure, it is imperative that every aspect of logistics planning and ...
MILITIAS: IS THERE A ROLE FOR THEM IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?
Nov 01, 2007; ... The army is still weak and the police are worse. Until the government can provide security, no one will feel secure enough to turn over their weapons. It's very frustrating.1 - Shuhei Ogawa (Japan's UN-Afghan DDR liaison) Nation-building, formerly a mission avoided by the ...
GWOT 2.0: Capitalizing On Experience Gained
Nov 01, 2007; ... Since 9/11, the United States has been involved in more than six years of continuous irregular warfare. In that time, a majority of Army special-operations Forces, or ARSOF, have deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism, or GWOT, multiple times and have gained an unprecedented level of ...
Officer
Nov 01, 2007; ... ARSOF officers eligible for CSRB According to MILPER Message Number 07-237, AHRC-OPL-R, Implementation of the Army Officer Menu of Incentives Program (Regular Army), eligible officers in Special Forces, Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations who are approved for a critical-skills ...
Warrant Officer
Nov 01, 2007; ... Personnel changes CW04 Tony Fox has replaced CW04 Butch Buchinski as the MOS 180A Assignment Manager at HRC's ARSOF Group-Maneuvers, Fires and Effects Division. CW04 Fox can be reached by phone at DSN 221-5231, commercial (703)325-5231, or send e-mail to: ...
Enlisted
Nov 01, 2007; ... Screen records now for 2008 SFC promotion board All staff sergeants in the zone for consideration for the 2008 Sergeant First Class Promotion-Selection Board should ensure that their records are up-to-date. The board will convene Jan. 29-Feb. 22, 2008. More information will be released ...
BEATING GOLIATH: WHY INSURGENCIES WIN
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEATING GOLIATH: WHY INSURGENCIES WIN DETAILS By Jeffrey Record Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-59797-090-7 (Hardback) 192 pages. $19.96. Reviewed by: Danny Marchant Fayetteville, N.C. The premise of Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win is to ...