Newjarheaddean Rumor Board: Washing the Corps for burial, part # 8

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AHOY,

UPDATE 12/21/13, 11:42 HOURS

I am revealing who I am today i.e. posting my name, I am Keith Oeffinger, I was born in San Antonio Texas in 1963. See today's post 12/21/13 .

Update, 01/11/14 12:30 hours;

I would like to say, with only one reply, like three years ago, this blog seems too much like a mirror site to me. And it appears very few patriots are looking back at past posts.

The new “Fragmented Fighting Facts” series of posts that dedicates one post to each Basic rule has now been completed. This series starts with the post tilted “Post # 1, Planning, Preface” that posted on 05/12/13. This series is under the label “Tri-F in progress”. Posts well be updated as I edit or discover additional knowledge thus the series is the most current version of my "Fragmented Fighting Facts" manual. For an old but complete version i.e. all in one post copy. Patriots are welcomed to try viewing one of the “pages” listed in the “special word section” on the starboard side of the blog. I say try due to the fact I’m not sure if they are published i.e. viewable to the general public due to all the issues or HACKING with my blog. There is also a complete copy posted, that is titled, “Tri-F in progress” too, it was posted 11/13/10.

And feel free to fire away with a reply, (sarcasm on).

FLASH REPORT; the “TERRORIST ARE NOT AMONG US, AND NEVER WERE I.E. AL QAEDA IS A STAWL MAN, GHOST”.

The most important lesson that everyone should have taken away from the Boston Marathon bombings was that those young men proved that no al-queda members are in the u.s. Otherwise they too would just go get some presure cookers and had to a parade.

“I AM NOT A TERRORIST” this nation’s worst enemy is FEAR. This fear is being promoted mostly by the back woods, right wing, Christians of this nation. We need to separate church and state, period. And that is of course for the States sake.

I would like patriots to understand that I use the terms "official revealed fact" to mean what everyone is being told by officials, media etc. I use the term "kings truth" to mean what I know or believe to actually be the actual facts. I DO NOT MEAN IT IN A RELIGIOUS WAY. I.E. the term Kings is plural as in those running the show.

Preface for the Fragmented Fighting Facts

Note pink highlighted material is that, that IMO is questionable factually, it maybe an “official revealed fact” that I am questioning. The material may need to be defined i.e. explained more or it could be a personal note. Yellow is location undecided or unedited material i.e. unread that I have not decided on what to keep or not. Green means a change has been made i.e. an update. By noting the green updated highlights a Patriot well not have to read the Fragmented Fighting Facts in its entirety to stay current. Red is important, perhaps the "kings truth".

Newjarheaddean; this is my collection of combat notes. One might call it my anthology of combat tactics, techniques, methods and skills. The note taking began about fourty years ago (I was around 13 years old) with the observation of 10 rules listed with in a book covering the French and Indian i.e. Native American, wars, entitled “Roger’s Rangers”. That’s right the rules that started all this are “Army Ranger” rules, this book was located in the “Westfall” library in San Antonio Texas off of Vance Jackson. I get a kick out of the libraries name due to the general agreement that modern or state vs state warfare started with the singing of the peace treaties at Westphalia. I could not read at the time; however I knew that a list in a book on war would be important. I copied those rules down like a scribe might have written hieroglyphs and had my dad read them to me. . This discovery preceded numerous sources including approximately one hundred books and about a dozen field manuals, of which a few were of WWII era. These were found at libraries, half price bookstores and garage sales. Since going on line in 2007, I have found material on web sites such as “Defense and National Interest” (DNI), “Global security”, “Strategy page” , “Wikipedia” and “Bayonet strength” and “Efour4ever” in the combat lessons learned section. These last two sites cover WWII.

Previously referred to as K.O.O.L.N. (acronym definition, top secret), FLASH REPORTS; I NOW AM TELLING EVERYONE IT STANDS FOR KEITH OEFFINGER'S ORGANIZATION OF LEARNED KNOWLEDGE the joke on me here was I believed Knowledge was spelled with an (N). I was a special education student and did not learn to read until my last year of high school. I have now titled my work “Fragmented Fighting Facts” or “Tri-F”; the name derives from the computer grammar function always alerting me to the fragmented nature of my sentences. This is due to the “just the facts, ma’am” manor the material is written i.e. there has been little if any effort to write in whole sentences or provide context. This is not to say there is no order with Tri-F, in fact there is a theme. I have laid out the information as one might expect a commander or members of a unit to recall it thus utilizing it to conduct a mission.

We start with “Planning”, followed by the section on “Defense”, then there’s “Preparations and conduct of patrols” or “PCP”, and we end with “Conduct of Engagements” or “COE”, i.e. engagements being the term used here for shootouts. Each section of Tri-F consists of numbered “Basic rules”, each basic rule followed by detailed notes that either relate to, explain, or give examples pertaining to the basic rules. As with the general format of Tri-F, each section’s basic rules are laid out as one might need to recall them. This is most obvious in the last section COE starting with basic rule number one, “Flash report”, i.e. actions to take upon contact with the enemy. This sections last basic rule deals with handling POWs.

Keep in mind this is a work in progress; I’m constantly discovering new information to add which in turn still at times requires rearranging things. At the same time, interestingly enough to me, I have not needed to rearrange my original order of the basic rules for quite some time. There are however, two instances where the detailed information fallowing a pair of basic rules became so similar I decided to combine the pair into one basic rule. These two occurrences are noted in footnotes.

Now heed this, out of all the information contained within this work, only an estimated 1% was taught to me while I was serving in the U.S.M.C. Moreover, to put a fine point on it, it’s worth noting I served in Charlie Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, i.e. an Infantry unit. Before my discharge (after only a two year cruse), I attended Jungle Warfare School in the northern training area of Okinawa (for two weeks), Mountain Warfare School in Korea (for one week) and Combat Town Camp Pendleton for MOUT training (for one day). I did not take part in any amphibious training nor did I ever go to Twenty Nine Palms for Desert Warfare training. We did ride around in AAVs once at Camp Pendleton. All in all I would say the only things I missed out on were a beach landing (at Coronado I believe) and a little sun burn, due to the fact that those twenty nine palms, I was told in the early eighties were all located at the front gate of that base. Needless to say, the training did not impress me, and I now know it was not going to get any better as some suggested to me at the time, and still others later claimed that I should have just stayed in longer.

With my position on the lack of training, I do wish to make it perfectly clear that I do support the service women and men in the U.S. armed forces. I also believe them to be as brave as any people on earth, (with the exception of the (Y) generation). My concern is in the way the Infantry especially is being mislead and used. I want people to understand my experience and IMO a lot of evidence suggests Uncle Sam intends to use his infantry in ways that does not include training any generation in the art of “traditional Guerilla combat tactics” i.e. as a “Traditional Commando” would be. I am not talking about “SWAT” team “Close quarter” tactics, like the “Stick dynamic entry”. That tactic should be called the “cluster f**k”. Just call that sort of tactic what it is NYPD (Cops T.V. show bad-boys, bad-boys) in Afghanistan.

The problem is that that tactic was developed by police departments to deal with an objective occupied by drugged up party animals, i.e. untrained civilians. The police never use it in a spur of the minute situation. They use it when the house/objective has been under constant surveillance for mouths in some cases and the police know all manner of information about everyone in the house and the structure and neighborhood in general. The cops choose a time when everyone is pasted out from partying the night before and have long lost any weapons (between the cushions or under the bed) they might have had on them as show pieces during the party. The primary reason for the large numbers of police in close proximity is to make sure the gang does not think the raid is a rival gang “brake in” and thus resist in any way. There is lots of yelling too, thus reinforcing the message that no one is trying to be covert, like one would be to get away with a crime.

This brings up an intriguing observation of mine; that being that by the book an assault should be made from the top down, yet the troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere use the Stick dynamic entry and usually enter from the front door, like a SWAT team. However resent high profile raids show the SWAT teams attacking from the top down. Examples you may recall are the raids on the Shinning path group in Peru in 2000 and the Mumbai raid by Indian forces on the Jewish center in 2008. IMO this proves the existence of what I’ll refer to as a “need to know” training policy, being followed by various governments, the purpose being to limit the number of true Commandos that could become tomorrow’s rebels, apposing corrupt governments. One last thing about the Stick, IMO every single time the regular forces unit conducting one of these foolish Stick dynamic entries comes under fire i.e. runs into resistance, the Stick brakes i.e. the whole unit evacuates and awaits some kind of support form tanks, guns, tubes or air. Bottom line IMO the Stick is used as a probing tactic and is meant to be a moral boosting show peace tactic to make the unit feel as if it has taken a hill, which was nothing more than another empty building, that IMO Intel suggested, was the case before the entry was ordered. Recalling the police policy of long periods of surveillance prior to raids.

It also seems to me that in light of the old saying “you can fight a war with bombs and blockades but only boots on the ground can win it” ( IMO, Uncle Sam has now revised that saying, as fallows) “you can win a war with bombs and blockades, but only the infantry can end the war”, farther more IMO Uncle Sam has gone one more step and decided to use private security companies and local i.e. indigenous people for the infantry role. All this fear of true commandos is all very similar to the “Mujahideen” not being allowed by various governments, to return to their homelands i.e. native nations, after fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

And as for the U.S. and other Western nations, training foreigners to fight a counter insurgency goes. IMO this training includes nothing more than police procedures i.e. conducting investigations, forensics, searching individuals and buildings to collect evidence and yes serving warrants, if necessary, with those all mighty “stick” tactics. And of course, lots of “new innovative techniques and tactics” involving CAS and IMO (Old) so called high tech equipment the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex wants to clear out of the warehouses.

All in all IMO Uncle Sam has chosen to put just about all his eggs in one advanced technology system, think Star Wars Storm Troopers or Matrix i.e. the Operator or Morpheus trying to guide Neo and others to safety. IMO it looks something like this; (x) unit go to (x) address, kick in front door, use stairs to your right, go south down hallway to (x) door, it is unlocked, interning room go to (x) window looking out window to the north you will see your target running east though the neighbors garden. All this information and the “live” feeds of target and area of operations would be provided by a fleet of satellites as well as Near space assets that are never mentioned by the media as current military assets and of course there’s the robots, UAVs and a flood of other covertly deployed sensors as well as covert eves dropping of any civilian electronic devices in the Area of operations.

Thus in light of these and similar so called “new innovative, techniques and tactics” (notice the media and governments choice of words “techniques and tactics” as if we’re talking Commando training i.e. why not use some modern high tech terms the system is so eager to introduce us all to normally as a matter of routine), IMO Uncle Sam has placed the traditional Guerrilla combat tactics, on the back burner and is hoping they all go the way of other black arts.

This is not just true of the infantry; let us take a peek at aerial combat. Does anyone out there actually think today’s U.S. pilots are turning and burning, pulling high (G) maneuvers trying to hit the entry windows and get inside the bandits turn. Think any pilot has conducted a yo-yo or split S maneuver lately or made the choice between a single or two-circle fight. Now days its all about stealth, ECM and Smart even autonomous weapons, missiles especially BVR tech. IMO this explains why the U.S. Navy is not concerned with not having a front line fighter equal to the USAF F-22 Raptor. An article I recently read on “Strategy page” mentioned a lot of talk about a Navy F/A-18E at an air show, displaying a little F-22 silhouette decal i.e. a simulated Kill credit symbol/icon. IMO the F/A- 18E did not gun down that kill.

And then everyone knows that just about all now and IMO soon all weapons systems including the bayonet well have a chip in it.

So if the electronics ever fail (maybe due to a shift in the axis of earths electromagnetic field, passed a certain point or perhaps a record size solar flare) IMO it well be the masters of the age-old Guerrilla combat tactics i.e. The Fragmented Fighting Facts Basic Rules that survive, keeping in mind “no one wins”.

I also wish, that those who join the various services where told all this up front i.e. “we do not intend to train you as a traditional Commando”.

Another thing I would like everyone to consider is that; what makes a Marine special is not the training she or he receives, no it’s the steel the youth demonstrates when they choose to join the Marines. Even when compared to the Special Forces, who IMO are only specialists in their particular field, once again mostly high tech specialties and whose ranks are filled with older personnel that have already been serving and have graduated from a boot camp i.e. are aware of the hoop and hype hurry up and wait tactics. And who are then usually chosen i.e. coached into changing their MOS. I am aware of the change in recruitment policy after 2001 allowing for direct entry into the S.F. community. IMO a rarity and IMO it is still not the same as just choosing to go to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot from the start.

Furthermore, to those who just well not accept the truth about the lack of training along the lines of traditional Guerrilla combat tactics. I can now say that I have exchanged comments with a number of Iraqi and Afghanistan combat vets. These comments can be found on the internet if you Google up my call sign, Newjarheaddean also spelled with one (D). IMO it is obvious that the tactics I speak of are news to the vets, some have made commits that proves in combat they were just winging it. And no, I don’t believe that all the vets are observing some kind of code of silence on these tactics including the vets who are against the wars. Unless everyone wants to say that YouTube and other internet companies are conspiring to edit all combat footage that shows these tactics being used and that, the vets are staging other videos that show them (albeit with great bravery) as armatures without a clue and winging it. If anyone ever sees video, showing the tactics listed in Tri-F being used, be sure and provide a link with your comment. I once saw a flash of film on CNN showing combat in Lebanon during the 1980s that showed some of these tactics being used by a Guerrilla fighter. I well also say I do believe that UAV footage is edited by the Pentagon to keep the public from seeing the few but well trained Taliban and other Guerrilla fighters that are using these tactics. Alternatively, maybe people think our professional highly trained well-equipped military is unable to defeat 10 – 20 thousand religious extremist amateur thugs in almost a decade of fighting. All the while killing at least by some estimates 100 a mouth including dozens of top commanders.

Let me also say, on the numbers of U.S. PTSD casualties, i.e. IMO, WIA, (And IMO deserving of a Purple Heart). The Government portrays these cases as a result of fighting a war that is “unlike any other war we have fought before” (LOL). Facing an enemy that is fighting in some mysterious and or cowardly manor that simply cannot be countered by military means. I believe the high numbers are a result of US forces fighting in a manner that is suicidal i.e. pointless and counterproductive to the real world situation. Example; you have a young brave American ready to fight for the nation, while on one of these IMO “Russian roulette parades” someone shoots at the unit from some building, everyone scrambles for cover, as some spray and pray, then after determining the location using SWATS (Soldier Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems) sniper detectors, or one of the many similar vehicle mounted systems the commander calls in some sort of CAS, if someone’s brains have been blow out especially if it was an officer or the location is vague, a real “crowd pleaser” maybe used i.e. 2000 pounder.

IMO this is how 90% of engagements (fought by regular infantry units) are resolved. Special Forces are now and in the feature more and more regular infantry well be using the Matrix. And to those that think this is the exception I say show me the number of WIA or KIA (On either side) by small arms fire i.e. during traditional firefights. Even if one includes sniper fire those figures are really low. So IMO after witnessing all the carnage and innocent civilian life being lost and receiving all those looks from the witnesses, it is the American that realizes it is his unit that is not fighting right.

This is reinforced and really sinks in back in the states when the vet is asked to tell the Commando stories that never occurred and thus the vet must tell the truth i.e. give up the Commando reputation, keep it all inside or start lying. If the first option is chosen that unveiling reality is demoralizing and makes it all not worth it. If either one of the other chooses are made IMO the vet becomes the ticking bomb. And I can tell you all that many times, I have recalled being told once that “when you go home keep your mouth shut about the things we did. If you don’t you well be thought of as a liar or crazy and either which way your life well be over”. That First Sergeant was right, but like my daddy use to say, “He’s right but he does not know why he’s right” i.e. IMO the First Sgt. thought of what we did in terms of remarkable heroic feats. However, IMO certainly since the beginning of the Vietnam era, it is the lack of training i.e. the manner in which our service women and men are fighting that keeps this tragedy going.

I would also suggest the vets of today are just like I was 25 or so years ago in the sense that they know there training is lacking, however, they just cannot explain what’s missing. However unlike me they refuse to accept that old fashion “black arts” are the answer i.e. should be the basis of basic training. And I now know the “Black art” tactics they and I should have been trained in and I can now say, “The PFC that told the Corp it was out of step, now has provided the proof”. What surprises me is that most vets it seems don’t care at all about the tactics I speak of and seem to view me as an unpatriotic “party pooper”, when I’m just a U.S. Marine trying to improve the Corps and save lives. Bottom line IMO the infantry needs to consist of unmarried i.e. undistracted, NO CHILDREN, dedicated true professionals, trained in the tactics listed in Tri-F and many more I am sure exist.

And to those that say “chivalry is for the museums” I say “first we must have peace on earth”.

One Newjarheaddean

“Let no Marines ghost say if my training had only done its job”

" Give me a million dollars and I well change the world"

" When it comes to persecution and suffering that fairly tale about christ dose not have (S) nothing on me"

" I well bet my lucky start"

“IKYG”

G-day!

Update; 12/19/14 09/53 hours

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Washing the Corps for burial, part # 8

Update: 12:30 hours 1/11/14

After graduating from Annapolis, Webb was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Note; he did not become a "Marine" he was commissioned into the corp, LOL just like old coward ass Conway. As a first lieutenant during the Vietnam War he served as a platoon commander with Delta Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines.

Newjarheaddean; I found this info on Wekipedia, after Surfing for info on SoN Webb and CMC Gen. Gray. Wikipedia reports Gen. Gray is 87 and living in California.

Weather anyone believes it or not I did not know what I now know about SoN Jim Webb before reading chapter four in this book “making the Corps”. As you may know I do have some of Webb’s statements in my Fragmented Fighting Facts. These I got from sources that like the book “making the Corps” mentioned Webb’s statements. However I’ve never read any of the books he authored. Nor did I ever know any of this “pipe dream” history talked about in chapter four. I posted this chapter four last week in my “Washing the Corps for burial” series of posts part # 6.

Update; 08/04/13 11:06 hours; I posted the wrong image of the first page that mentions "Jihad" in this book. I posted the page that mentions the Indian wars in the American west. These two pages are very close together in the book and right night to each other in my pictures page. See added image below.

And I also wish to take this time to say I well not be going on with my observation of all the other books covering the USMC. I just wanted to mention I could not read the book "the masculine Marine" I just could not read all that sexual crap. I tried reading every third sentence for a while then I just scanned for key words. there is nothing worth reading in that book.

On the "making the corps" book I find it interesting with all the talk of the sand flees, that those flees seem to quit biting third phase recruits. LOL kind of like the pest control i.e. anti snake etc. measures I spook of one time on this one site I think is was the "military international forum" site. I also mention what I believe is the use of a "puppet" snake in the northern training area. That post you can look up yourself too.

AHOY,

Cover image;

note its the "Cardinal" edition

So imo Mr. Fehrenback is a very knowledgeable Ret. Army officer and this book is worth whatever you may have to go though to obtain a copy. There are lessons here that apply today and imo this government would really rather we all forgot. IMO the government has not forgotten them or any lessons learned in the past. It just likes milking this MICC, marry-go- round, money train, horror show system of “playing war”. On a strategic level National Security Policies just about never change do they? And they are based on history lessons too, passed down through generations. Mr. Fehrenback makes the observation on page 249 chapter 15 of his book, (see post, “Washing the Corps for burial part 7” that posted July 24 2013), that the nations horror of the mass killings in the our nation’s Civil War planted this seed or “disdain” as he put it, for “tacticians” and ground warfare in general within the American society. I say the tactics I speak of are exactly what is needed to prevent this massive loss of life on battle field earth. Another wards my question is why would the North and South not use the same guerrilla/Indian warfare tactics as the revolutionaries did against the British? Was this more of a “family affair” (i.e. a spit at the top of those running the show) was it not as serious as the Revolutionary war? Was this “Civil” war the first time America played war? And did WWI teach this same strategic thinking government just how profitable war could be for an industrial powerhouse?

And was this greed the driving force behind the “fear” that brought about the “burial” of those black art, French and Indian warfare tactics?

After reading Mr. Fehrenback’s statements in various chapters, I knew he had revealed and provided me with a great volume of knowledge that gave validly to my concerns about this “fear” within the U.S. (I elaborate on this in my Fragmented Fighting Facts, Preface.) of real “commando’s” (he uses the word “legions”) and that type of training or professionalism in the USMC, Special Forces as well as within the U.S. Army.

The only issues I have with his statements are that he portrays this “fear” as a struggle against “liberals”. IMO we all know the “labels” such as “liberals”, “Right wing” etc. are just a side show, smoke screen i.e. no career politicians fall completely into any category. IMO, EVERY current U.S. career politician is 100% behind this tradition of keeping the troops as nothing more than good looking “pawns” on America’s strategic chess board.

The politicians talk a lot about not wasting life and tax payer money with romantic phrases like “blood and treasure” and promise they will not put our troops in harm’s way unless absolutely necessary. After years of warfare we start herring about things like “force protection” policies that are portrayed in terms that suggest an American life is worth more than any foreigner’s life. This without explaining the fact that, they mean of any age i.e. an Afghan child is worth less than a US Marine.

IMO all this is necessary to cover up the fact our troops are not trained to survive up close and personal engagements with any enemy i.e. in a traditional running gun battle or street fight. And this fact is somewhat concealed by the fact our troops are wearing 100 plus lbs of armor. Coupled with the immediate medical treatment this keeps the KIA figures down. This armor is also imo why some guerillas fire at them with RPGs.

And now days the system and societies total embrace of this whole “standoff” , Sky borne i.e. drone, “gun boat diplomacy”, “Death from above”, “Buck Rogers” way of waging war, gives the system the “final excuse” to claim our troops are the best trained troops in the world”. When that is only true, if at all, when it comes to using computerized weaponry. And thus the system feels justified in not only ignoring the need to train our service personal for the small unit guerilla type warfare. They imo would mock those like me who suggest it is necessity. And yet one only has to take a peek at current affairs to see that guerilla forces in two third world nations on battle field earth have defeated the U.S. MICC and its machines, using the same weapons the Vietcong in Vietnam used 50 some odd years ago. As well as some modern communications and circuit boards for their IEDs.

The Marines like every other service is doing their best to confuse the public into thinking there is no difference between Civil affairs and Guerrilla warfare i.e. selling guerilla warfare now as a political war. They only fight that war at city hall meetings with public relations offices in tribal councils, lol, tell me I’m wrong. And I can save everyone a lot of time (and thus money! LOL) here. The problem is “career politicians” period. They are the roots of all corruption and thus evil in all political systems. It was corruption that brought down the Soviet Union not the west.

Mr. Fehrenback provides some historical evidence to show this “fear” has always been the case. He talks in chapter 24 “Vae Caesar” about Truman fearing that Gen Mac Arthur may think he’s “Caesar” about to cross the Rubicon. Again a strategic perspective. I say it’s also a tactical “fear” about the “Gladiators” being loosed from the Coliseum. Mr. Fehrenback also makes the point that Gen. Mac Arthur returned by himself. My point here is that if the ranks were full of true professional Warfighters, not the Buck Rogers type of warriors that we have now that can just be unplugged from the machines they fight with, then Mac Arthur might have crossed the Rubicon with his “legions” after finishing with the Koreans, Chinese or any other menus.

Mr Fehrenback also focuses on the lack of commitment in the ranks as well as the lack of Leadership and discipline type training as being the problem. He does not give any examples of the lack of COMBAT training at the root of the problem. He mentions bayonet training at one point after a long example of a platoon’s lack of discipline in garrison, see page 463 onward. He also mentions this soldier he refers to as “gypsy martin” imo this is the type of “warfighter” the modern method of training is producing i.e. in combat they become “savages” at best. This is not what we need. See bottom of page 470.

Now me on this Korean peninsula conflict. I wonder why Russia did not give the Chinese the T-34 Tanks it gave to the Koreans. I am sure everyone is aware of the history in China, preceding the Korean invasion i.e. the Communist ouster of the Nationals. I believe there is a great deal of evidence here to support the “playing war” theory. For a bit of this history see my post “Marine Corps history” part 11. And as far as the way the Chinese were so stealthy about moving all those troops into Korea goes. Mr. Fehrenback talks of the Chinese starting their marches after 21:00 hours and stopping at 04:00 hours and always remaining under cover during the day. I wander about deductive reasoning here. I mean you may not see them moving in but why do you not notice they are no longer were they were. This Army traveled from southern China were the Taiwan spies must have been watching. And he dose mention reports from various locals even deserters reporting the troops presents. All ignored by such in competence, how convenient.

So far in this book “This kind of War” I have found two additional rules I was not aware of. I also found lots of rules I already had knowledge of in this book. I am two thirds of the way done with it. I am starting to wonder now that I have read most of this book and a few others lately, if I have not already collected at least half of the known worthwhile, Commando, guerilla, French and Indian, “legion” style “combat rules”.

I also found it interesting how Mr. Fehrenback has no problem using the term “Jihad” to mean a physical struggle i.e. war based on religious beliefs. I have posted most of the pages he uses this term on. I just wanted to mention that I had planned on posting an image of this page where he used the term in my earlier post of last week, however, I could not find that one page I had marked at the time of my last posting. I have sense found it as well as three or four other times. See pages listed below and post “Washing the corps for burial part # 8”

See page 168, 429, 454. these image or pages well be re-posted below too.

update; the second image use to be the first image posted here i.e. this first image should have been posted to began with.

At this point I got tired of organizing my note thus the notes below here are not in as organized order i.e. don’t relate as well. I decided to just paste them in here.

I also wanted to mention that I have read and many of you will recall and know I am correct i.e. that

James Dunnigan has mentioned similar thoughts of lessons learned by the U.S. and forgotten i.e. a failing to retain lessons. He spoke of gearing up only for the large scale type of warfare. For an edited paraphrasing you can see my notes in….my Fragmented Fighting Facts in the “planning” section.

I’ve noticed too, rules being mentioned in press articles and books. Some of this in my Gazette magazines. That are actually those used and experienced in Afghanistan in 1980s. I’m saying that these are mentioned as if they are being used currently and in fact are not. Example; the mentioning of troops being off loaded by armored vehicles and then the vehicles being used as bases of fire or counter attack i.e. envelopment elements. This was all done by the Soveits not the Americans. I know I’m right about this because of reading about the Soviets doing this and knowing the current U.S. Vehicles are WAY TOO HEAVY TO GO OFF ROAD AT ALL.

One reason for this is the illusion of openness with the press. And motivation with the troops. You know the troops know it’s all B.S. but it gives them something to point to when they are lying about being “Rambo’s” and say you see there it is right here in this magazine.

U.S. has been a “Road bound” force in Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq and Afghanistan. All the money poured into Anti IED tech yet it is all very slow getting to the front. There was a 60 minutes story on this I’m going to try and recall the title and or look it up?

Ever notice how your EOD techs i.e. personnel, are always taking all day to defuse IEDs then they also always in the end just use explosives to blow the IED in place. Why? IMO, Filibustering. Like the point I made with the story that one time about how these guys would be going into these homes to defuse an IED. LOL like the U.S. would put a life on the line for a structure but then some crewman would just kill a civilian on the street for not getting out of the way. And remember this EOD guy is difficult to replace. If the truth was to be known the EOD guy was most likely installing some kind of sensors for a spy working for us.

Now imo this nations business is war, yet this book “this kind of war” makes the argument the nation does not like war thus it does not wish to have a professional war class. Ironically however imo this nation is a “professional” war machine i.e. they make a living at it.

Ever wonder how the U.S. CIA became the best espionage organization in the world, after only sixty five or so years of existing? This in my opinion has to do with those running the show globally. Like the Masson’ in London i.e. imo the U.S. is still a colony. The Brits lost the shooting war but stayed for the political espionage “007”one.

It could be that the European Masson’ met their match with the Asian Triads. And the Masson’s wisely saluted i.e. paid respects and offered a truce. And for the formula to make “hereon” i.e. not unlike the “fire water” used later on the Western plains of America, the United Kingdom got to keep a foot hold i.e. Hong Kong. This imo world not be unlike the British Army did with the Gurkha of Nepal on a tactical level.

Do any of you recall me stating that Russia never airs the U.S. dirty laundry in public you know we never get this report published by Russia showing us satellite images of our military Special Forces conducting ops in some foreign nation etc. And now with this Snowden episode with get Putin stating Showden needed to quit hearting U.S. interest if he wanted asylum.

At one point Mr. Fehrenbach touches on the public sectors acceptance of military officers, see page 458. I am going to spend some time comparing Mr. Fehrenbach’s work to that of Mr. Thomas E Ricks interpretations of modern day relations between the military and the public. Found in chapter four of Mr. Ricks book, “making the corps” that I posted in my post, “Washing the Corps for burial, part # 6” that posted July 17, 2013.

I will not be posting my thoughts. This is all too time consuming, in fact this whole blog thing is not worth the trouble to me anymore, no replies, imo rigged viewership info all the hacking i.e. issues with my blog etc. etc.

THANK YOU MR. FEHRENBACH! I know our personalities are light years apart “old home boy” but imo our paths crossed at just the right time.

NOW ALL ADMIT I’M “ALL EAT UP HERE”, LOL, “I’VE GOT ASIATIC” I.E. I’M CRAZZZY THAT WAY.

I’m going to go make the “Old World” and me a smoothie then hug him and kiss him on his four head.

Images from book, "this kind of war"

These first images about the Naktung bulge.

chapter 15 no notes taken due to fact I had not read it yet. And yes its a Marine amphibious landing.

The rest of the images

I just thought I might throw this article in here too. The discussions in "this kind of war" about the reserves are mainly cover the Army way I believe.