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by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command | Wed, 06/08/2016 - 10:30am | 0 comments

Continue on for an updated Mad Scientist conference call for papers.

by Keith Nightingale | Mon, 06/06/2016 - 4:48am | 0 comments

At the Hotel DeVille, the city hall of St Mere Eglise, France, the latest memorial ceremony highlights how tenuous is our hold on D Day first person participants.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 06/01/2016 - 7:40am | 0 comments

Continue on for information concerning “Shaping Our NATO”.

by Voice of America | Tue, 05/31/2016 - 2:55pm | 0 comments

Islamic State has come under fierce attack on three fronts stretching from Iraq to Syria.

by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command | Tue, 05/31/2016 - 2:18pm | 1 comment

Continue on for the Mad Scientist conference call for papers.

by The British Broadcasting Corporation | Tue, 05/31/2016 - 7:10am | 0 comments

“A day after Iraqi troops advanced through the southern suburb of Nuaimiya, scores of IS fighters attacked them, army officers told news agencies.”

by The New York Times | Tue, 05/31/2016 - 5:13am | 0 comments

“The response was overwhelming, though not in the direction that the journalist, Jessikka Aro, had hoped.”

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 05/29/2016 - 7:11pm | 0 comments

Infinity Journal announces the release their latest issue. Registration is easy and free.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 05/29/2016 - 2:28pm | 2 comments

HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC; General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868

by Voice of America | Sat, 05/28/2016 - 8:10pm | 0 comments

Continue on for two VOA articles.

by Keith Nightingale | Sat, 05/28/2016 - 6:55am | 2 comments

Who are we and what are we all about?

by The Wall Street Journal | Fri, 05/27/2016 - 11:15am | 0 comments

“If you have not ever done so, I urge you to program into your next trip abroad a visit to an American military cemetery.”

by Voice of America | Thu, 05/26/2016 - 10:13pm | 0 comments

U.S. officials are warning of Islamic State’s ability to inspire violent deeds around the world without commanding or having any direct contact with terrorists.

by The New York Times | Thu, 05/26/2016 - 8:34pm | 0 comments

“After a series of terrorist attacks on hotels and other tourist sites that raised concerns all across Africa, the United States has increased training exercises with militaries here.”

by The Center for a New American Security | Thu, 05/26/2016 - 1:47pm | 0 comments

Continue on for a link to the CNAS report.

by The Washington Post | Thu, 05/26/2016 - 11:53am | 1 comment

"From the outside, U.S. Special Operations Command’s latest attempt to find and test the best technology for its operators looks like one more downtown storefront here."

by The New York Times | Wed, 05/25/2016 - 3:40am | 0 comments

New York Times Op-Ed by Vietnam War veterans John Kerry, John McCain and Bob Kerry.

by The Wall Street Journal | Wed, 05/25/2016 - 3:02am | 0 comments

“The ambush that killed Mullah Mansour marked a critical moment in Obama administration policy on Afghanistan.”

by Voice of America | Tue, 05/24/2016 - 6:14pm | 0 comments

“A genuinely sustainable victory against IS necessitates a solution to the broader conflict in Syria.”

by The Washington Post | Tue, 05/24/2016 - 3:36am | 1 comment

"We don’t know what the outcome will be or what the borders will look like; the United States isn’t even sure what it wants."

by The Atlantic | Mon, 05/23/2016 - 5:17pm | 0 comments

"The strike that killed Mansour crossed numerous lines that have constrained America’s fight with the Taliban, and its drone war in Pakistan."

by The Wall Street Journal | Mon, 05/23/2016 - 6:23am | 0 comments

“The Afghan government is giving support to a Taliban faction in an effort to sow rifts within the insurgency and nudge some of its leaders toward peace talks.”

by The Washington Post | Mon, 05/23/2016 - 5:51am | 0 comments

“This attempt to integrate the weaker Sunnis with stronger Kurds represents a more pragmatic alternative to the earlier $500 million 'train and equip' program.”

by The Washington Post | Mon, 05/23/2016 - 5:41am | 237 comments

“Surveying the wreckage of the Middle East and the fraying of Europe, President Obama would like us to believe that no other policy could have worked better.”

by Lawfare | Sun, 05/22/2016 - 2:04pm | 1 comment

“If legitimacy is indispensable, how do we explain the apparent ability of authoritarian states to defeat insurgents with little to no concern for popular support or root causes?”