Word: combatant
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...McChrystal is just the guy to turn things around. On May 11, Gates announced plans to install the former Green Beret as the top U.S. and NATO commander for the troubled nation. Some analysts hailed the surprising overhaul as proof that the U.S. is rethinking its conventional approach to combat, especially given McChrystal's background as commander of the military's clandestine special operations in Iraq...
...would anticipate that the major combat engagements are over because the major Iraqi units on the ground cease to show coherence." - Talking to reporters a month after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, adding: "I think we will move into a phase where it is smaller, albeit sharp, fights" (Washington Times...
...Sometimes you have a situation where you have two very good commanders, but in a critical combat situation one has an edge, and in this case Gen. McChrystal has that edge." - Anthony Cordesman, of the Washington D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, on McChrystal's experience in special...
...facts. I grew up in an Army where those of us in heavy units were told to stay out of built-up areas," said Chiarelli, who commanded Army units in Iraq in 2004 and 2006. He emphasizes that heavy armor and traditional steel perform very well in non-traditional combat environments such as urban areas and counterinsurgency missions. "There were times and days and weeks, and sometimes months, when I would allow nothing else in certain parts of the city than tanks and Bradleys because of the protection they afforded. It was just too dangerous...
However, a vehicle that is half the weight of an Abrams could more quickly be deployed to a combat area on board a C-17 aircraft. But lightening the tank would also put in jeopardy all the sensitive hi-technology that the Army wants in the vehicle as well: next-generation sensors, battle command equipment and active protection systems engineered to detect and destroy enemy fire before it hits. So any new vehicle has to be built tough enough to withstand roadside bombs and explosively formed penetrators, a senior Army official said. In addition, 70-ton vehicles simply will...