0-6 relief: The Army takes a turn
The colonel commanding the 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, a Nebraska National Guard unit, was relieved in Iraq, apparently because of a "negative command climate." The brigade is in Iraq and scheduled to come home next month. What I don’t understand: How can so many colonels and captains be screwing up yet every general seems above ...
The colonel commanding the 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, a Nebraska National Guard unit, was relieved in Iraq, apparently because of a "negative command climate." The brigade is in Iraq and scheduled to come home next month.
The colonel commanding the 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, a Nebraska National Guard unit, was relieved in Iraq, apparently because of a "negative command climate." The brigade is in Iraq and scheduled to come home next month.
What I don’t understand: How can so many colonels and captains be screwing up yet every general seems above reproach?
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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