Three Block War = No More

[vonGarvin]

Spectrum ?? That sounds like a light spectrum making a rainbow. Hey maybe we are all going tobe "Rainbow Warriors"  

Oooh!  Oooh!  I want to be Rainbox 6!  Can I?  Puh-lease? ;D

 

[Goober]

I'd tell you, then I'd have to kill you.........at Playstation.

I got an e-mail on my DIN account that shot like a lighting bolt from the heaven that is Ottawa, or maybe it was Kingston.   I'd post it but I'm at home, I'm sure you'll get the word very soon.

I just finished decorating my office in building Militia-5 with the new posters, I put the "Three Block War" one on the back of my door which is open 90% of the time.   It's the ugliest one anyway.

Some of the posters around are pretty cool, none on my floor tho, 3rd floor.

 

[Qtrfoil]

Greetings from Quantico, Virginia, USA:  the "Crossroads of the Corps".  It's not surprising that US Army soldiers, Regular or Reserve, are  unfamiliar with the phrases "Three Block War" and "Strategic Corporal". They are US Marine Corps, not Army, terms, and we're not in charge...yet!  Having said that, I would expect that our more experienced soldiers ( as opposed to always-capitalized "Marines") would instantly understand the ideas behind the phrases.
    I do think that both phrases should be understood as superb "bumper stickers".  They communicate  broad ideas exceptionally well, but aren't intended to provide rigorous detail.  I agree that the idea of simultaneity gets a little lost, even though Gen Krulak described the concept in terms of "one moment" to the next, not as distinct operations or even phases of an op.  These days, we're definitely thinking about all three blocks requiring simultaneous consideration as we try and develop future capabilities.
    Anyway, no cultural imperialism here.  I came across this thread as I was reading the Australian Army's draft Future Land Operational Concept on "Complex Warfighting", and one of the hottest emails here around Quantico at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command is the speech given this winter by  JOHN RALSTON SAUL to the faculty and cadets at RMC, available here for those who haven't read it:  http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4295  .  We'll take good ideas anywhere we can find 'em, and you're welcome to the "Three Block War" if you think it's useful.
Semper Fidelis
Rich Webster

 

[Garett]

http://www.canada.com/national/features/tugofwar/story.html?id=112f3648-8bf9-45a9-814f-29e06562fc96

Theres the link about the patrol that John Ralston Saul went on.