Eleven Commandments of CommandEleven

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF)

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

CommandEleven believes in the 11 commandments of intelligence gathering.

The Eleven Commandments of CommandEleven are given below.

Thou shalt always be on the offensive.

Thou shalt always respect the chain of command.

Thou shalt control your environment.

Thou shalt know history. It always repeats. Always.

Thou shalt not ignore analysis. Intelligence comes from reading.

Thou shalt value thy team. Individuals are expendable.

Thou shalt keep learning. The more you know, the better your understanding.

Thy failure comes when you accept defeat.

Thou shalt trust no one.

Thou shalt never surrender.

Thou shalt never get caught.

Operational Theater

Area of Responsibility Map

Pakistan’s War on Terror

Raad-ul-Fasaad is the conglomeration, or consolidation, of all the operations, while achieving other objectives that are required to maintain peace in the country, including de-weaponization.

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What Affects National Security?

One of the core problems with using buzzwords is limiting their scope and definition. When we talk about national security dynamics, we see pigeonholed definitions based on the need of the situation.

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