[Even More Politics] Winning in Al Anbar

[schizmatic]

At this point, in the last year, more Marines have died in motorcycle accidents than have died in what was once known as "the restive al Anbar province." How they won is outlined in this Power Point presentation that was made up back in 2006 by Army Captain Travis Patriquin, when the situation in the province was at its most dire. Captain

Comments

[arcana_mundi]

My heart hurts when I think tha Patriquin has since died.

[lemurbouy]

that is one of the greatest presentations ever made. MSPaint is a godsend.

[schizmatic]

The reason that Captain Patriquin used MS Paint and an 18-frame projection was because he was so mightily sick of long, soporific, jargon-laden Power Point presentations that in the end were pretty much worthless.

[c215]

As a company commander about to go to Afghanistan for my second time as part of "The Afghan Surge", I have a good idea of what I'd like to accomplish over there. Consequently, my ideas aren't too different from CPT Patriquin.