Exercise SHATRUJEET

...Similarly, and later as MARFORPAC’S G5 South Asia Desk Officer, I turned a small platoon-level exercise into what was designed to eventually become a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), infantry battalion reinforced, engagement.Ā  When I took over the South Asia Desk, the platoon-level exercise did not even have a name.Ā  It was a relatively obscure mil-to-mil … Continue reading Exercise SHATRUJEET

There Will Be a Test

Fraud: This circle is distinguished from its predecessors by being made up of those who consciously and willingly commit fraud.Ā Within the eighth circle is another called theĀ MalebolgeĀ (ā€œEvil Pocketsā€), which houses 10 separateĀ bolgiasĀ (ā€œditchesā€). In these exist types of those who commit fraud: panderers/seducers; flatterers; simoniacsĀ (those who sell ecclesiastical preferment); sorcerers/astrologers/false prophets; barratorsĀ (corrupt politicians); hypocrites; thieves; false … Continue reading There Will Be a Test