I need to update and correct my recent posting "Military by numbers". Major General Richard Formica is about to finish his tour of duty as Commander of CSTC-A. When he leaves in a few days time, CSTC-A will become part of the new overall NATO command, “NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan”.
The new commander of both NTM-A and CSTC-A, in charge of efforts to train the Afghan police and army, is better known outside the military than most three-star US Generals. That's because Lieutenant General William Caldwell was chief US military spokesman in Baghdad, at a time when the war in Iraq was the global lead story.
Here is an appearance at the time on “Talk to Al Jazeera”:
Since then, the General has been at Fort Leavenworth, running the US Army’s Combined Arms Center – a training and academic facility that also acts as the military's new ideas shop.
While in that job, he has become one of the army's most senior and prolific bloggers, writing under the nickname, "Frontier 6".
You should be able to find his blog posts here (although the sites was down for maintenance when I posted this).
In his last posting, Caldwell promises, "I am sure I will see you in the blogosphere soon.”
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