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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: U.S. Army Col. Daniel S. Roper

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In a wide-ranging discussion with bloggers and journalists, on Thursday, Sept. 17, U.S. Army Col. Daniel S. Roper, director, U.S. Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, explained a change in mindset that he says is essential to conducting an effective counterinsurgency. He described tactics underway in both Afghanistan and Iraq, including the deployment of 29 “human terrain teams,” each with five to eight sociologists, anthropologists and other regional experts.

To listen to the audio, click here.

Bloggers who participated in the roundtable were Andrew Lubin, militaryobserver.com; Spencer Ackerman, washingtonindependent.com; Troy Steward, bouhammer.com; Nick Mottern, Consumers for Peace.org; Grim, blackfive.net; Greg Grant, nextgov.com and Sean Gallagher.

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  • Matt Masody

    I am an Afghan American. I have ideas and advice on how to manage and eventually eliminate insurgency in the Pashtoon dominated parts of Afghanistan. If you can put me in touch with policy makers at DoD or the White House, I think we still have a good chance of managing the Afghan conflict.

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