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Article #1428Re: Overwhelming Firepower is Bad doctrine
From: RTO Trainer
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:19
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:19
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Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote in message news:<5649878.oxxU68glvl@news.verizon.net>... > RTO Trainer wrote: > > >> > >>I admit that the question was not purely to the point of doctrine, but I > >>still think it was a valid questions.��Earlier,�'remove�underscore'�posted > >>a definition of doctrine which stated that the purpose of doctrine was to > >>achieve objectives.��I�believe�that�that�must�remain�true�of�all�doctrine, > >>no? > >> > > > > I don't know what you are refering to. > > > > remove underscore wrote: > > > In a military context - doctrine is an organized set of standards and > > procedures that allow a large and diverse organization to function > > cooperatively to achieve a common goal. Okay, but in the US military its not that structured. Where in many other organizations doctrine is a directive, for us it is just a helpful suggestion.
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