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'''John A. Nagl''' is a counterinsurgency writer. | '''John A. Nagl''' is a counterinsurgency writer. | ||
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| − | According to a contributor note in the December 2007 ''Rusi Journal'' | + | ===Active service=== |
| + | According to the ''Washington Post'', 'Nagl led a tank platoon in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 as the operations officer for an Army battalion in Iraq's Anbar province.' <ref>Thomas E. Ricks, '[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503359.html High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank]', Washington Post, 16 January 2008</ref> A contributor note in the December 2007 ''Rusi Journal'' states that Nagl commanded, 'the 1st (US) Battalion, 34th Armor at Fort Riley, Kansas' and 'served as the operations officer of Task Force Centurion in Al-Anbar in 2003 and 2004'. <Ref>'[http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/ghoststories.pdf John Nagl reviews Here, Bullet By Brian Turner]', ''RUSI Journal'', Vol. 152, No. 6, December 2007, pp.94–108</ref> | ||
| + | ===Retirement=== | ||
| + | In 2008 the ''Washington Post'' reported that Nagl had 'decided to leave the service to study strategic issues full time' at the [[Center for a New American Security]] <ref>Thomas E. Ricks, '[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503359.html High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank]', Washington Post, 16 January 2008</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:03, 28 May 2009
John A. Nagl is a counterinsurgency writer.
Biogrpahy
Active service
According to the Washington Post, 'Nagl led a tank platoon in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 as the operations officer for an Army battalion in Iraq's Anbar province.' [1] A contributor note in the December 2007 Rusi Journal states that Nagl commanded, 'the 1st (US) Battalion, 34th Armor at Fort Riley, Kansas' and 'served as the operations officer of Task Force Centurion in Al-Anbar in 2003 and 2004'. [2]
Retirement
In 2008 the Washington Post reported that Nagl had 'decided to leave the service to study strategic issues full time' at the Center for a New American Security [3]
Affiliations
- Insurgency Research Group, has presented at a group seminar at King's College London.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Thomas E. Ricks, 'High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank', Washington Post, 16 January 2008
- ↑ 'John Nagl reviews Here, Bullet By Brian Turner', RUSI Journal, Vol. 152, No. 6, December 2007, pp.94–108
- ↑ Thomas E. Ricks, 'High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank', Washington Post, 16 January 2008
- ↑ Screengrab created 28 May 2009, 14:42
- ↑ King's College London Insurgency Research Group, accessed 27 may 2009
