He deployed to Afghanistan with an establishment capped at 300 all-ranks that almost failed to fuel, fix and feed troops during Operation Medusa in the summer of 2006. The doctrine, he describes, was unprepared for the intensity of mobile 360° warfare.
During Operation Medusa in the summer of 2006, he led a force of only 300 all-ranks to Afghanistan, which proved insufficient to adequately fuel, maintain, and feed troops. The doctrine employed was not prepared for the complexities of mobile 360° warfare.