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Issue 70, 3rd Quarter 2013 ON THE EDGES OF WAR Beyond Sequester Awaiting Cyber 9/11 JOINT FORCE QUARTERLY Inside Issue 70, 3rd Quarter 2013 Editor Col William T. Eliason, USAF (Ret.), Ph.D. JFQ Dialogue Executive Editor Jeffrey D. Smotherman, Ph.D. Supervisory Editor George C. Maerz From the Chairman 2 Production Supervisor Martin J. Peters, Jr. Have You Renewed Your Commitment Yet? By Bryan B. Battaglia Senior Copy Editor Calvin B. Kelley 4 Copy Editor/Office Manager John J. Church, D.M.A Forum Internet Publications Editor Joanna E. Seich Executive Assistant Ryan Heggs, J.D. Executive Summary Design Amanda Drake, Maureen Nugent, Guy Tom, 6 and Jessica Reynolds A Western Insurgency in Afghanistan By Robert Egnell 8 U.S. Government Printing Office Forward-deployed Medical Assets and the COIN Offensive Printed in St. Louis, Missouri 15 by By David S. Kauvar and Tucker A. Drury 21 The Way Ahead for Human Terrain Teams By Christopher J. Lamb, James Douglas Orton, Michael C. 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Deployed in Afghanistan, Army Staff Sergeant Rachel Baranek put it this way: “I believe that being part of a bigger organization than myself and here are as many reasons to Like any family, we understand the representing something bigger than myself is serve the Nation as there are importance of making tough decisions to my way of earning my freedom and my way Servicemembers. Some join for balance competing challenges. General of life, and that of my family.” T honor, some for a challenge, and George Marshall famously stated, “Don’t Generations before Rachel have some for more concrete reasons. I once knew fight the problem, decide it.” He knew that answered a similar call to live an uncom- a Soldier who signed up on a dare. simply railing against our challenges was mon life—a call embodied by the inscription Regardless of why we join, most Sol- choosing not to choose. at the base of “Old Simon” in Antietam diers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast- Our family has some tough choices National Cemetery: “Not for themselves, but guardsmen continue to serve because of the ahead as we deal with rising risks and declin- for their country.” This spirit must continue camaraderie we forge with our brothers and ing dollars. I cannot predict all the choices to be our guide. sisters in arms. These bonds of trust extend or their consequences. But I can share with Our officers and enlisted personnel from those in uniform to the loved ones who you how I will approach them. In every have to remain more than simply competent support us, and they connect today’s force case, I will be guided by my commitment to practitioners of the art of war. They must with those who have already served and with ensure that we have the best trained and best continue to be men and women of character, those who will. This trust makes us who we equipped military on the planet and that we worthy of standing alongside past generations are—it makes us a military family. keep our nation immune from coercion. To and leading this generation into the future. 2 JFQ / issue 70, 3 rd quarter 2013 ndupress.ndu.edu The Mission worry about providing for the military family or unsustainable compensation.
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