Serving in the SysAdmin force is bad for your career

OP-ED: "Send in the Advisers: An easy way to help the Iraqi military," by Andrew F. Krepinevich, New York Times, 11 July2006, p. A19.

Great piece by Andy on how, just when we need them most ("These advisers are the steel rods around which the newly poured concrete of the Iraq military will harden."), the Army's "best officers avoid serving as advisers if at all possible. The reason is simple: the Army is far more likely to promote officers who have served with American units than those who are familiar with a foreign military."

Paging Col. Lawrence...

We need to reward "living native"--hell, even "going native" if that's what it takes to prevail in the Long War at a loss rate that is tolerable.

As Andy says, "Their success will determine whether we win this war, at what cost, and how soon."