LTC Jim Crider has published a report on his experience as a battalion commander in 2007-08 in Baghdad.

I was with Crider's 1/4 Cav. in early May 2007.

When I was with them they were just begining to understand counter insurgency and from what I saw in the fall of 2009, Crider and the follow-on unit got it right.

Download the full report here .  I'll be reading it on the plane tomorrow.

For a little visual flavor of what Crider is talking about, watch this.

For a more detailed look, my documentary Baghdad Surge shows the tactics, techniques and procedures in vivid color and sound following a Company Commander who operated a few blocks from Crider's 1/4 Cav.

Crider was thrown in a tough environment, adapted and succeeded.  He took me for a tour down 60th street as my own personal PSD when it was just dogs and snipers.  Crider was never afraid to get down on the street and do the work.

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