Company Command’s greatest hits, 6th and the very last: Learning to help Afghans learn how to solve their problems
To conclude our celebration of Company Command, here is my pick from 2010, about the beginning of wisdom in our current wars: The big breakthrough for me personally was shifting from ‘I’m here to solve problems and to make it happen’ to helping the Afghans solve their problems. It was a shift in ...
To conclude our celebration of Company Command, here is my pick from 2010, about the beginning of wisdom in our current wars:
The big breakthrough for me personally was shifting from ‘I’m here to solve problems and to make it happen’ to helping the Afghans solve their problems. It was a shift in mind-set, a reframing of my role and purpose. I went from hearing a report of a bomb and immediately taking action to going to the Afghan battalion command and district governor and asking them how they wanted to handle it…You aren’t the one solving the problems; rather, you are developing your counterparts and getting them to think things through.-Justin Prichard, A/425 BSTB (EN)
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