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1. Chaos – Thriving and Winning Control Line 2011 1305 to 1345 (10 min Questions) I offer – You decide Leading in ajm Revision

2. Revision • 0845 – 0950 “Running the War In Iraq” • Set the scene - A Campaign • Talk about the environment • Look at high level leadership • 1305 – 1345 “Chaos – Thriving and Winning” • Leadership and Crisis Management • A Battle, • A Fight Leadership

3. Leadership from the national level down to the individual level The Leaders

4. Politics

5. “The ultimate purpose of soldiers is the achievement of political ends designated by statesmen”. Imperfection Incomp

6. POLITICAL IMPERFECTION OR INCOMPETENCE “… political ends… are often ambiguous, contradictory and uncertain. It is one of the greatest sources of frustration for soldiers that their political masters find it difficult (or what is even worse from their point of view, merely inconvenient) to fully elaborate in advance the purpose for which they have invoked military action, or the conditions under which they intend to limit or terminate it. The political purpose of war is not just the ‘high’ politics of foreign policy, it is just as often ‘low’ domestic politics.” (Elliot Cohen) Campaign Revision

7. 9 years 20-25/1000 population 28/1000 Elections, transition & fight ISF Surge “Missed Opportunity”? V END OF INTERVENTION FORCES Surprise! Sectarian Violence Learn & Fight Invasion Good tactics Bad strategy 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 A Campaign JIM 7/1000 Map Fallujah

8. A Battle Chief of Ops

9. COMPLEX FALLUJAH 2nd Battle

10. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines Second Battle of Fallujah Internal and External Audiences

11. My Life was Crisis Management Crisis Action Team Anticipate and contain

12. Anticipate Problems Remember what is important – “Killing or Winning” Healthy Paranoia – Someone must do the detail Don’t Oversimplify – Is this a counter insurgency? Contain Problems Bounce off and Bounce back – You will be beaten regularly Listen to everyone but trust intuition – Expertise or Position A fight

13. !st Battalion 24th Infantry Regiment 25 Infantry Division “Deuce Four” LTC Erik KurillaTHE CO CSM Robert Prosser THE RSM Michael Yon The interpreter The 2nd Lieutenant The radio Operator The Insurgent The Journo

14. Start Photos

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23. No Photos • Journo intervenes • RSM intervenes – rifles both • RSM and Insurgent Fight • Rifle, Pistol, Knife, Watch, Helmet • RSM prevails

31. Whatever we are as leaders, we are only as good as those that fight for us. The Big Question - As a leader, am I as good as my soldiers?

32. Today’s Presentations • 0845 – 0950 “Running the War In Iraq” • Set the scene - A Campaign • Talk about the environment • Look at high level leadership • 1305 – 1345 “Chaos – Thriving and Winning” • Crisis Management • A Battle, • A Fight The Ultimate Expression

33. The ultimate expression of leadership “Strategy without tactics is the slow road to victory, but tactics without strategy is noise before defeat” It is better to have the right strategy and then work out the tactics than to have the best tactics but apply them in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons