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Jayson Geroux
@JaysonGeroux
Infantry Officer with The Royal Canadian Regiment Military Historian Student of Urban Operations/Student of Urban Warfare History Senior Fellow @urbanwarfareins
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Jan 4, 2023
    1/2 Short🧵 "The future of warfare lies in the streets, sewers, high-rise buildings, industrial parks & sprawls of houses, shacks & shelters that form the broken cities of our world. We will fight elsewhere, but not so often, rarely as reluctantly & never so brutally. ⬇️
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Aug 14, 2023
    🇺🇦 1/2 Short🧵 "They taught me that no man could be their leader except he who ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet appeared better in himself." – Colonel T.E. Lawrence, "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom." 🌻
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Apr 23, 2024
    1/8 Short🧵 "Lessons Learned: - Good, well-trained men will die in combat. NOTHING REPLICATES THIS. - 'Team' must be solid BEFORE deploying. - Inside (buildings) is better than outside (buildings).
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Apr 20, 2024
    🇬🇧 1/9 Short🧵 Good for a chuckle. During the Peninsular War (1808-1814) Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington allegedly wrote a letter to the British War Office after he/his staff were consistently pestered by staff officers wanting administrative details.
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Jun 4, 2022
    The fighting in the city of Severodonetsk is becoming interesting; in my many years of urban warfare research I cannot recall any urban battle in history where such a large counter-attack by the defending force has occurred. A new precedent? @ChasAHKnight? @INTELonIRAN?
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    WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Maps:🧵 Severodonetsk Frontline Update- Ukrainian forces have counterattacked and recaptured at least 20 percent of lost territory, the town of Met'olkine was liberated(East Of Sevrodonetsk). Heavy battles continue in the centre reportedly near the "Jazz Mall".
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    Jayson Geroux
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    May 17, 2024
    1/9 "I didn't mean to leave the charge, but sometimes it happens. Strength and Honour. Nich." - The statement written by Captain Nichola Goddard, Forward Observation Officer (FOO) with the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA).
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Aug 3, 2024
    🇨🇦 1/2 Short🧵 "I think I'm slipping, boys." – The last words of Sergeant Vaughan Ingram (photo below) of 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI) after being wounded from RPG fire during a battle in Afghanistan 03 August 2006 (18 years ago today).
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Oct 5, 2024
    1/20 Long🧵with case study attached. 31 years ago Sergeant First Class Matthew Eversmann fought in the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia 03-04 October 1993. Below are his lessons learned from that particular urban fight. Lessons are listed in point form first & then fully discussed.
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Apr 20, 2024
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    🇬🇧 9/9 1. To train an army of uniformed British clerks in Spain for the benefit of the accountants and copy-boys in London, or perchance, 2. To see to it that the forces of Napoleon are driven out of Spain."
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Oct 9, 2022
    1/25 Long🧵 Alllllllllrighty, folks. An updated, complex thread on the use of armour (tanks, armoured personnel carriers [APCs]) in urban operations.
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Aug 14, 2023
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    🇺🇦 2/2 Thank you to @TraciDegerman for the photos & to @SpencerGuard for the retweet. Slava Ukraini. 🌻
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Jan 1, 2023
    1/5 Short🧵with attached video. Even the fighting for this small Ukrainian town highlights some of the phases, challenges & necessities of urban warfare: 1. Use of assets for aerial surveillance of the urban area; 2. Use of mortars in support; ⬇️
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    Jayson Geroux
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    May 11, 2022
    1/4 "Be a man of principle. Fight for what you believe in. Keep your word. Live with integrity. Be brave. Believe in something bigger than yourself. Serve your country. Teach. Mentor. Give something back to society. Lead from the front. Conquer your fears. Be a good friend.
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    Jayson Geroux
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    Oct 26, 2022
    🇺🇦 When I read/hear somebody write/say that "Ukraine should just surrender in order to make peace," I think of Canadian Armed Forces chaplain O.A. Hopkins when he once stated: "There is little use in passing resolutions on vegetarianism when the wolves are of another opinion." 🌻