One hundred percent this (training) is based on the lessons that we learned watching the challenges in Ramadi and Tikrit and Sinjar and Baiji where the enemy had obstacle belts, it's about breaching obstacles just like we do in conventional maneuvers.

Sean MacFarland

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We're being a little conservative in calling the ball on whether or not he's actually dead or not. But we certainly gave it our best shot.

Sean MacFarland

They would have to figure out who's going to pick up his portfoli... by Sean MacFarland

They would have to figure out who's going to pick up his portfolio.

Sean MacFarland

Right now the peshmerga are not getting enough calories to keep t... by Sean MacFarland

Right now the peshmerga are not getting enough calories to keep them in the field.

Sean MacFarland

We are the United States of America, and you know we have a set of guiding principles and those affect the way we, as professional soldiers, airmen, sailors marines conduct ourselves on the battlefield, we are bound by the laws of armed conflict. And you know at the end of the day, it doesn't only matter if you win, it matters how you win.

Sean MacFarland

Indiscriminate bombing where we don't care if we are killing innocents or combatants is just inconsistent with our values.

Sean MacFarland

I don't want to put a date out there, i would like to get this wr... by Sean MacFarland

I don't want to put a date out there, i would like to get this wrapped up as fast as I possibly can.

Sean MacFarland

We can't inflict help on somebody, they have to ask for it, they have to want it, and we’re here to provide it as required, everything that the secretary said is really still on the table.

Sean MacFarland

As we extend operations across Iraq and into Syria ... there is a good potential that we'll need additional capabilities, additional forces to provide those capabilities and we're looking at the right mix.

Sean MacFarland