{"id":1413,"date":"2011-12-19T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2011-12-15T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T16:01:51","slug":"hondos-parting-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/12\/hondos-parting-gift.html","title":{"rendered":"Hondo’s Parting Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My friend, General Charles C. \u201cHondo\u201d Campbell, retired last year from the Army.\u00a0 He was charged as his last duty before his retirement to investigate the battle of Wanat and report his findings with respect to the conduct of various officers who were involved in that battle.\u00a0 Fen\u2019s Thoughts Blog has posted an article, \u201cHondo\u2019s Parting Gift.\u201d\u00a0 Take a few minutes to read the blog.\u00a0 There has been much controversy surrounding the Wanat battle.\u00a0 Fen makes the following assessment of \u2018Hondo\u2019s Gift:\u2019 \u201cGeneral Campbell’s report to Secretary McHugh is a very important first step toward creating command climates based upon the mission, the circumstance, commander’s intent and the expected outcome.\u201d\u00a0 Hopefully, future military leaders will take the findings of this report into account when planning military strategy.<\/p>\n

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