Great article about MiTT teams, albeit Marines, but in a place I am familiar with

The U.S. effort to train Iraqi forces -- and bring our troops home -- is mired in bureaucratic mismanagement, inept recruits and astonishing shortages of equipment.


Bureaucratic mismanagement, inept recruits and astonishing shortages of equipment? Sounds like standard operating procedures to me.

1. Bypass the bureaucracy.
2. Make the recruits better (LEAD!)
3. Make do, fix the supply problem, or steal.