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And don't get me wrong S-2. No matter how much we bicker at you we all love you.But I think its our Buddha who loves him more
I can understand and appreciate the true 'Warrior Grit' in you.My name derives from the staff tactical intelligence officer position in an army/marine battalion or brigade staff. At division or higher it is pre-fixed with a "G", not an "S".
S-1 would be horrible. It is the position of the personnel staff officer who handles everything from graves registration to duty rosters, replacement personnel, liaison to the chaplain (special staff to the commander), EEO, etc. A MASSIVE headache. Just as bad is S-4 (Logistics).
The coolest is S-2. Utterly tactical without the headaches that come with being S-3 (Operations). He is typically the SENIOR staff officer and is answerable to the battalion/brigade commander. Typically the battalion/brigade X.O will manage the work of the S-1 and S-4 while the battalion/brigade commander manages the work of the S-2/S-3.
Further, as an artillery S-2 in a separate infantry brigade whose task organization included a direct support artillery battalion, our TOC (tactical operations center) became the de facto alternate TOC for the brigade. We were the only element aside from the brigade that maintained operational maps for the brigade battle area. If the brigade TOC took a hit, it gets transferred to our TOC and the battle continues.
That meant that our purview extended over the same area of operations as the brigade and we received all the traffic that the brigade did.
Thus, S-2- the coolest staff position in the army/marines, IMHO. I LOVED the job.
There remains a real desire among many Pakistanis here to see the taliban as less than an existential threat to Pakistan. Again, this stems from a desire to attain accomodation WRT the near objective of political domination of Afghanistan.
^we r missing the point here - imposing "american-style" democracy is not going to work as the "soviet-style" marxism-leninism system failed. until or unless the traditional tribal culture is not restored, this country will remain un-governed,(as its history indicates).
currently reading a very interesting book on the soviet invasion of afghanistan in the 80s with a russian perspective, written by a american author (Gregory Feifer of NPR) who migrated to moscow and was given un-precedented access to soviet archives and key players.
the name of the book is "The Great Gamble" details about the soviet invasion of afghanistan under operation "Storm-333"
more later.....
Nicely phrased but, in the end, more of the same.
"Do More" has yet to mean anything but to do what might be expected WITHIN your own country. Not one acre beyond. Not a Pakistani soldier has died, nor a citizen, doing more on our behalf. Sorry.
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Thanks.
The Great Gamble by Gregory Feifer