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Micromanaging Special Forces ODA’s

by Jack Murphy

We posted this video previously but I felt this needs another look. Jack was the first to dig this up and since this was tailored to the ODA community….here you go again for those of you that didn’t see it last week!

-Brandon

Here is the crash course on why a unit organized for unconventional warfare can’t be run like a conventional Infantry unit, no matter how bad Colonels feel they need to get in their “command” time:

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We posted this video previously but I felt this needs another look. Jack was the first to dig this up and since this was tailored to the ODA community….here you go again for those of you that didn’t see it last week!

-Brandon

Here is the crash course on why a unit organized for unconventional warfare can’t be run like a conventional Infantry unit, no matter how bad Colonels feel they need to get in their “command” time:

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About Jack Murphy View All Posts

Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.

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