Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast

De: Bill Buppert
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  • An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.

    I am NOT Special Forces (SF) nor Ranger tabbed nor a graduate of the SF Qualification Course. I was an 18E candidate in A/3-12 SFG(A) who received an active duty US Army commission (OCS) in lieu of attendance of the SF qualification training pipeline as an US Army NCO.

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    Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute:

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    You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me.

    Bill Buppert 2022-2024
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  • Ep 048 "CG Excursion: Peer Strike ISR Complex: The Need for Rational Fires Coordination"
    Jul 29 2024

    Fires synchronization is the effective coordination of sensors and effectors in near-real time or real time in a hostile non-permissive combat environment.

    The West has no working system to coordinate its artillery, air and Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) assets in a peer or near-peer fight that works.

    The Russians do.

    The Russian Strike Reconnaissance Complex has come of age and the Russians have one of the most effective fires synchronization modalities on Earth. The system is now battle proven in the first near-peer and peer conflict of the 21st century.

    Fires synchronization is the effective coordination of sensors and effectors in near-real time or real time in a hostile non-permissive combat environment to bring the metal on target.

    "Quantity has a quality all of its own." - Thomas A. Callaghan Jr.

    References:

    The Russian Reconnaissance Fire Complex Comes of Age

    Army Futures Command Concept for Fires 2028

    Christian Brose The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

    Lester Grau & Charles K. Bartles The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces

    David Glantz Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945 (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)

    David Glantz Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle (Soviet (Russian) Military Theory and Practice)

    Georgii Samoilovich Isserson G.S. Isserson and the War of the Future: Key Writings of a Soviet Military Theorist

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  • Ep 047 "Nagorno-Karabakh: A Dark and Robotic Future"
    Jul 15 2024

    I discuss the Fall 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the tiny sliver of Nagorno-Karabakh and why I would suggest that it was a glimpse into the future of warfare for the remainder of this century. the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) for the following reasons:

    Robotics and drones are the new "low tech" answer to the First World's exquisite military platform that are over priced and have the same provenance of battleships planet-wide in January 1942.

    The electronic emissions environment in future conflicts will be a two-way street that will put any active acquisition sensors and attached effectors in the hazards if they emit and remain in one place.

    Autonomous targeting will become more and more relevant as the speed of munitions increases and the salvo competition costs are driven down.

    The life of the light infantryman will change significantly since for the first time in human history, the cost of hunting individual soldiers and small groups of soldiers in an effective fashion has reached a cost in concert with technology [I will treat this with more detail in a future episode on the end of the legacy infantryman].

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine has seen a remarkable increase in martial effectiveness since the Russians looked carefully at what happened in N-K, took notes and made changes to Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) in concert with the wholesale revamping of the Russian armed forces since 2008.

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  • Ep 046 "Review and Discussion: My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness by Howard Jones"
    Jul 1 2024

    I discuss the slaughter of over 500 unarmed men, women and children in My Lai in March 1968 by American soldiers.

    In concert with the Tet Offensive in 1968, this was the end of American arms in Vietnam.

    The collision of barbarism, toxic leadership and moral injury make everyone of these pages bleed. One of the most searing indictments of American arms you will read. This book is an acquired taste because it may crush your soul.

    I caution you before you listen to this that the telling of this tale is will haunt any decent human being forever.

    References:

    Howard Jones My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness

    Karl Marlantes What It Is Like to Go to War

    Bill Russel Edmonds God is Not Here: A Soldier's Struggle with Torture, Trauma, and the Moral Injuries of War

    Clark Savage King of All Things: A Guide to Man's Martial Purpose

    Dick Couch A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace

    Andrew Bacevich Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars

    Shauna Springer WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us

    Jonathan Shay Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

    Jonathan Shay Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming

    Another podcast:

    Martyrmade: Anything That Moves - The My Lai Massacre (w/History on Fire)

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Excellent material and presentation

Bill is an exceptional erudite, particularly where this subject matter is concerned. He is also a captivating orator. I'm excited to listen to more from him. Keep up the excellence, Bill.

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