I knew from history that war comes with frightening regularity, often fought over the same ground and similar causes as previous conflicts.

If every soldier is authorized to make one mistake, then we lose the war.

I had known Colonel Charlie Flynn since he was a lieutenant 23 years earlier, and I remembered how his first child, Molly, had been born while Charlie was deployed to the first Gulf War.

Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world.

Trust is an amazing commodity. The Afghan people often talk to me about having to develop trust in America, because they believe that we deserted them in 1990 and 1991.

If you talk to a British officer or NCO about the strategic objectives of the end state, you'll often get a spirited discussion that's very well informed.