The Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute just published a new study on Russian Airborne Forces' Lessons Learned from the Georgian Conflict: "Organizational Change in the Russian Airborne Forces: The Lessons of the Georgian Conflict"

Here is the direct link to the SSI page so you can download the PDF:

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.ar ... pubID=1096

For those of you contemplating further 'Adventures in the Near Abroad" - Enjoy!

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Tom

Thank for share

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When firing a shell from North to South over 7 miles, the effect that causes the shell to miss the aimpoint is called:
Coriolis effect
Damn privates
Damn officers
What target? We were just doing a functional check. Was that live ammo?

useful stuff- printed and read - many thanks.

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Reminds me of all the old Command and General Staff College White Papers.

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"The soldier knows little of philosophers but in him and in his deeds life expresses itself more profoundly than any book can"
- Ernst Junger