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This 5 page paper describes the aftermath of the battle of Wanat in Afghanistan as an example of what happens when there is no accountability in the Army. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Accountability in the Army
Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Perhaps more than in any other type of organization except maybe medicine, its
crucial to have accountability in the armed forces. Military personnel are sworn to defend the nation, which often means putting their lives on the line. Few if any other professions
require their practitioners to get shot at as a condition of employment. Therefore, its crucial that the Army and the other services have strict accountability: people need to know who
is responsible for their well-being, and that that person can be counted on to perform their duties. This paper considers the importance of accountability in the Army and the adverse
effects that can occur in an organization when accountability is lacking. Discussion There is a recent example of what can happen when accountability is lacking. On July 13, 2008, troops
identified as "foreign fighters" ambushed a US outpost in Wanat province in Afghanistan, leaving nine paratroopers dead and 27 wounded (Weinstein, 2010). There was a tremendous-and now largely forgotten-outcry about
this botched operation; people attributed the failure to a number of causes, but conservative blogger Herschel Smith, who has never served but whose son is a Marine, says that the
troops were decimated because they were "outnumbered about 6:1 (300+ to about 50), they were on a poor choice of terrain, they had poor logistics, they suffered lack of air
and artillery support, and most importantly, they simply were never given the proper number of troops or the resources to engage in force protection, much less robust force projection" (Smith,
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