L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace!

Frederick the Great. General Patton. General Franks. What do they all share in common? The principles of 4th Generation Warfare. Sgt. Stryker has the right idea concerning some criticism of Coalition forces bypassing fixed Iraqi troop locations for secondary units to clean up.

Take a look at the PDF presentation on 4thGen warfare and John Boyd on OODA loops. It’s heavy stuff, but once you get the idea you really understand what a genius John Boyd really was.