tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620264550074013695.post1673449353643596614..comments2024-03-27T14:28:56.189-07:00Comments on The Arkenstone - ارکنستون: The 40th Independent Infantry BrigadeAuthor: Galen Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420998943532765616noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620264550074013695.post-68812768331659621532014-10-01T18:56:41.579-07:002014-10-01T18:56:41.579-07:00Unfortunately, I still cant offer a definitive ans...Unfortunately, I still cant offer a definitive answer. <br /><br />In the most recent Sacred Defense Week Parade, the parade in Ardabil featured the 199th Infantry Bn, which is associated with the 40th Brigade (or at least it was during the Iran-Iraq War). Additionally, that garrison your coordinates correspond to is certainly an Army garrison (as opposed to IRGC ground forces).<br /><br />One possibility is that the brigade is garrisoned in separate detachments. When I originally wrote this piece, I wasn't aware of this being a somewhat-common occurance, but since then I've noticed it in a handful of cases. Off the top of my head, this includes several battalions from the 230th (?) brigade stationed in Gonbad-e Kavus, and at least two bns from the 116th brigade stationed alongside the Navy's commando training school north of the brigade's primary garrison (I updated my article on the 16th AD with this info if you're curious).<br /><br />I might go back and take another look at the article about the garrison's rumored transfer I mentioned in the first paragraph, and see if I cant coax some additional meaning out of it now that I can read Persian a bit better. Author: Galen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14420998943532765616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620264550074013695.post-60918985225989121682014-09-30T01:01:25.807-07:002014-09-30T01:01:25.807-07:00I apologize for the really late comment...
I know ...I apologize for the really late comment...<br />I know you mention the brigade maybe or has been in Ardabil. On Google Earth you can see a garrison at 38°14’04’’N 048°16’48’’E do you think this maybe the 40th and the 421st is at Sarab?<br />Do you think it can be another unit? Any ideas…<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620264550074013695.post-58601374188939910952013-08-09T09:59:03.064-07:002013-08-09T09:59:03.064-07:00Greetings Anonymous
You actually have the two ser...Greetings Anonymous<br /><br />You actually have the two services switched. The Mosaic doctrine is IRGC-exclusive. Unfortunatly, I don't know the name of the Army ground-forces doctrine, but I feel that the Samen Alaeme reorganization plan likely reflects their doctrine and/or concept-of-operations, so I've been using it as a placeholder for their 'official' doctrine. <br /><br />Interestingly, it's very similar to the Mosaic doctrine in some ways. For instance, the switch from divisions to brigades by the Army mirrors the Mosaic Doctrine's description of an in-depth, layered defence, with significant organic and autonomous operational capability. These are both attempts to achieve organizational-superiority (or at least parity) in the face of Western ways of war that are geared towards victory by information/kill-chain dominance.<br /><br />On a somewhat related note, the discussion of the U.S's AirSea Battle operational-concept that is clearly oriented towards those challenges posed by China and Iran perfectly descibe this "western way of war", and the battle over information and the 'kill-chain' (or OODA loop). For example, there's a May 16 article from Foreign Policy by Adm, Jonathan Greenert, and Gen. Mark Welsh, called "Breaking the Kill-Chain". <br /><br />If there's one thing that the 1991 Gulf War, the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, the resilience of Al Qaeda over the past decade, the McChrystal hunter-killer teams in Baghdad, and the swarming of insurgent groups in Syria have taught me, it's that he who controls the image/representation of the battlefield wins. It's all about disrupting or protecting organizational networks, and their ability to observe the battlefield, decise a course of action, and then act on it. <br />Author: Galen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14420998943532765616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620264550074013695.post-46454894932695614832013-08-05T13:44:32.504-07:002013-08-05T13:44:32.504-07:00Sorry if you've covered this on another posty ...Sorry if you've covered this on another posty but I was wondering if the mosaic plan was also being operated by the IRGC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com