Response to an Ally's critique of the US army

Article Abstract:

British Brigadier Nigel Aylwin Foster, a senior officer serving with coalition forces in Iraq has raised professional military hackles with a wide-ranging critique of the US Army's performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aylwin-Foster describes a US Army imbued with an unparalleled sense of patriotism, duty, passion, commitment, and determination, but also weighed down by bureaucracy a stiflingly hierarchical outlook, a predisposition to offensive operations and a sense that duty required all issues to be confronted head-on.

United Kingdom, Active Military Personnel, Military personnel, Foster, Nigel Aylwin

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Soldiers already know what is right

Article Abstract:

Justice Sand O'Connor, the receiver of the Thayer Award at West Point in September 2005 describes the ambiguity in the current Army policy or doctrine regarding proper treatment of detainees, in the war on terrorism. The Army doctrinal manual on leadership, Field Manual 22-100, identifies ethical reasoning as a key leadership skill, one that is trained and reinforced in Army units.

Achievements and awards, Supreme Court justices, O'Connor, Sandra Day

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V Corps assumes command in Iraq

Article Abstract:

The deployment for the V Corps headquarters took place in Iraq with the takeover of authority from the XVIII Airborne Corps for Multi-National Corps in Baghdad. The prime focus of the Army command would remain to impart training, readiness, oversight and mobilization of the US Army Reserve and National Guard units throughout the US territories and units throughout continental US.

Iraq, Military aspects

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