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The chronic failure to address the interoperability issue between special operations and conventional military forces, rooted in divergent organizational cultures and exacerbated by inadequate senior leadership, has stymied effective collaboration and joint operations, ultimately undermining the strategic and operational effectiveness in Afghanistan.
Adapted from remarks at the Special Forces Association Convention.
Adapted from remarks at the Special Forces Association Convention.
That maybe the most important aspect is understanding cultures. if there is one thing that we can look back as a society in the united states and really in all of the west and realize is that we don't understand the culture well enough to figure out how to win a war. and to the degree that they could, these women helped us with that a lot. >> absolutely. you talk to admiral olson, the first navy saleeal operational command and they said we will never kill our way to the end of this war. we need more knowledge. if you're going to find out what half the population thinks you need female soldiers...
Special operations leaders asking how are we going to win this war. ten years in. 2010. if we can't talk to afghan women. we need american soldiers finest american women in uniform to go along cy the battlefield alongside special operations night in night out. to talk to women and see if what they could learn to save troops lives. i think it is the ultimate story of female friendship in the unlikeliest of places which is the special operation battlefield. >> i was surprised that the army itself realized that they needed this kind of a unit. they needed women's help. >> that's right. admiral ol...