As in every class, the class of 2004-2005 of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, had an Egyptian officer and an Israeli officer among its dozens of students representing foreign armies. The Israeli, Col. Yoel Strik, returned to Israel to command the Givati Brigade and other divisions, including those on the Egyptian border. Now a brigadier general, he is currently chief of operations on...
What does the Egyptian chief of staff think?
Last week, Egypt's President Morsi promoted then-Brig. Gen. Sedky Sobhy to lieutenant general and made him army chief of staff, and deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
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