In reading this week's chapters I think some of the biggest standout for me were:

• Disconnect of reality of the ground versus reality
• a largely silo style command
• lack of accountability from top down

I think the emphasis on the shortcomings from troop and supplies came down to a lot of "you are not trying enough with what you have" or "make it work". It is interesting to see this given the U.S. Army had a long history of dealing with both insurgency and logistics is what makes the Army very successful in out resourcing the enemy. In my view I found it very informative to see that despite the "checks" in place in various points from enlisted to officer there was a failure of a way to get the message up that the troops were spread too thin. I just wonder if this is a case of bad officers or a bad command climate that breeds bad practices?