Leaner, more surgical, and with less of a conspicuous footprint to serve as a target seems to be the modus operandi for future military action. My well-connected source, based on first-hand experience in the region, heartily approves this shift in tactic, as the numerous and extremely territorial tribes of Afghanistan instantaneously view any large, conspicuous foreign presence on their land as exclusively hostile, no matter what they are told to the contrary.
So be invisible.
From Army Times:
WASHINGTON — As traditional military operations are cut back, the Pentagon is moving to expand the worldwide reach of the U.S. Special Operations Command to strike back wherever threats arise, or better yet, enable local forces to do the job.
U.S. officials say the Pentagon and the White House have embraced a proposal by special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven to send troops that are withdrawing from war zones to reinforce special operations units in areas somewhat neglected during the decade-long focus on al-Qaida. ...
The stepped-up global network would add top special operations personnel to these key global sites, better able to launch unilateral raids like the one that killed Osama bin Laden — and the one Tuesday that rescued an American hostage and her Danish colleague, a headline that served to drive home President Barack Obama’s national security achievements in his first term, just as his State of the Union speech Tuesday unofficially launched his bid for a second term.
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