http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:59 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:59 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/john-tiedeman/iraqi-strategic-partnership-one-friendship-at-a-time-1/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/john-tiedeman/'>John Tiedeman</a><br /> I recently did a tour in Iraq as a military advisor to an Iraqi Army Unit in Baghdad. It was a rewarding but trying experience as cultural differences challenged us in every aspect of our mission. The difficulty mostly lie in the power of soft persuasion as we tried to encourage behavioral changes in the operational processes used by our Iraqi counterparts who were slow or hesitant on the uptake of new ideas. My father also experienced these same issues when he was a MAC-V advisor in...<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/john-tiedeman/iraqi-strategic-partnership-one-friendship-at-a-time-1/">read more</a> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:00 GMT John Tiedeman http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/john-tiedeman/iraqi-strategic-partnership-one-friendship-at-a-time-1/