Yup, these guys don't realize just how granular control of certain kinds of military operations are.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually Eric, for the commander of AFRICOM would have to have permission > to deploy any of his units that are under his command if not already in the > immediate vicinity. Had their been units in Libya then the ground commander > would have the authority to call his units to help. Since the nearest > people in Africa were about an hour or so away, and in a different country > in the continent, then yeah, the prez would have to authorize that. At > minimum the SECDEF could authorize that as well. Why the units were never > sent I don't know. General Ham said that he was not told to send units. I > am sure though that he did have people on stand by as a QRF once he knew > what was going on. I am sure he was frustrated not to be able to send them. > > > On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:58 PM, "Eric Roberts" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For the most part, the president, secretary of defense, and his chiefs of > > staff do strategic planning...the commanders on the ground do the > tactical > > planning. Whether or not to deploy a single unit or a single piece of > > hardware would be a tactical decision, not a strategic one. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Three Ravens Consulting > > Eric Roberts > > Owner/Developer > > [email protected] > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356988 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
