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SWJ Korea News and Opinion Update

... China's twenty-nine-day incursion into Vietnam in February 1979 was a response to what China considered to be a collection of ... and security missions)? I never did Korea. I've got 1:50K maps and really wonder how Strykers would survive in those narrow valleys ...

Blog post - Nov 24 2010 - 6:53am - 40 comments - 0 attachments

Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World

... raids are the exception, not the rule. Zinformation- 1. "Drinking Zinformation- 1. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is ... Liberation Army Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999), 13-14. “Some of the traditional models of war, as well as the ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

Understanding Iraq: Initial Assessment (Update Three: Model: Small Wars and the Theory of Games)

... adaptation accordingly. Assumptions 1. The Principles of Destruction hold true in warfare regardless of ... was biased from the results of the coalition warfare in Afghanistan that sort of looked like UW. I am not rejecting the possibility ... BCT in that they never did unpack until about late February 2006 as they claimed to have been told in Kuwait that they would be ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

To Design or Not to Design (Part Five)

... duty Infantry Officer in the US Army. A veteran of OIF 1 and OIF 6, Ben is currently attending the School for Advanced Military ... Liberation Army Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999). Available online and only a few hundred pages- their criticism ...

Journal Article - Apr 15 2011 - 5:58am - 34 comments

UPDATED: The strange case of Raymond Davis, a 'strategic corporal' in Pakistan

... particular day. My interest is more along these lines: 1. If he was there as a spy with Pakistani govt aware, then why did the govt go ... nukes to Iran, ex-officials say Appeared in USA Today, February 27, 2004 The clearest evidence of the Iran link came in January ...

Blog post - Feb 21 2011 - 3:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

Call Me Ehsaan

... John Loftis, who was killed in the Ministry attack on 25 February 2012. The NY Times has posted a 5:35 ... Alleged Massacre in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Update 1) 'Af-Pak Hands' ...

Blog post - Mar 24 2012 - 9:32am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Prine on Abrams and Primary Sources

... Myer for 'trick or treat,' always enjoyed hitting Quarter 1 -- he gave the escorts a shot of bourbon. No one complained, everyone drank ... of Singapore, after the British colony surrendered on 15 February 1942 during the Second World War. Sook Ching was later extended to ...

Blog post - Jul 1 2011 - 6:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

The Strategic Opportunity in our Senior Foreign Official Advisory Mission

... several high profile advisors are recognizable. [1]   Lawrence of Arabia’s military and nation building exploits ... Gerald Burke, email exchange  on SFO advising, 20 February 2011 [23] Bayley and Peritio, Pg. 149 [24] ...

Journal Article - Feb 15 2012 - 6:13am - 8 comments

The US Army's Shift to Irregular Warfare

... really changed concerning the areas they point out? 1. First, he claims that actual changes to MOS training courses to reflect ... "The Mexican military disabled an IED in Oaxaca, Mexico in February. Another IED blew up in Nuevo Leon last month." Then the simple ...

Journal Article - Apr 7 2010 - 2:49pm - 52 comments

How the U.S. military fell in love with 'Three Cups of Tea'

... brigades had him visit their units prior to deployments to Afghanistan. In a sense, Mortenson became almost like Galula's text did for ... by the Briggs plan and that when Templer arrived in February 52 he capitalized on a framework that was already set to defeat the ... attempted to shift/ compliment our use of DoD assets by (1) enhancing/complementing these with new DoS, etc., attributes and ...

Blog post - Apr 21 2011 - 3:31pm - 48 comments - 0 attachments