We showed a generation of Afghans that life doesn’t have to be like it was under the first Taliban rule.
Author Archives: Chris Chavez
Bridging the Gap
“With the disparity in numbers, the lack of attention on the war, and an increasingly divisive political environment has caused the two populations to be more isolated. However, with more meaningful communication, the two populations can bring themselves closer together.”
Weaponizing Trust: Building the Team
“Developing a healthy trust-based culture is not contingent upon tactical operations. Leaders of all types of formations can still develop a climate within the formation that allows for leaders to make mistakes, learn lessons, and practice what they have learned without leaving the motor pool.”
Weaponizing Trust: Across Echelons
“Without trust that runs vertically through the chain of command, a unit will be woefully unable to adapt to changing conditions on the ground and will ultimately fail.”
Weaponizing Trust: Troop and Company Commanders
“Our shared experience of fighting in the desert ten times per year, and the overarching culture of selflessness with regard to sharing success, created an environment of trust across the formation.”
Undercover Donovian 