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Why are our soldiers still involved in fair fights?

... (MG USA) and Paul van Riper (LtGen USMC) ask "why are our soldiers still involved in fair fights?" See their op-ed in today's ... our soldiers still involved in fair fights? I have a tremendous respect for MG Scales, so I clicked onto this article with some ...

Blog entry - Nov 19 2010 - 5:57am - 27 comments - 0 attachments

Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

... importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General ... must go back to the realm of SERE training our operators, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. We must now double our efforts to ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

Hazing is Simply Intolerable

... verbally abused by up to 8 fellow members of his platoon (a platoon he had been part of for less than 70 days), has brought to the ... further contribute to the preventable loss of life by our Soldiers' own hands.  Dr. Thomas Joiner's interpersonal theory of ...

Blog entry - Dec 23 2011 - 12:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

From War Managers to Soldier Diplomats

... received renewed attention since 9/11. Though lamented by a few, this state of affairs has been on the whole lauded by a profession by ... our nation. A military comprised of a majority of citizen-soldiers tends to temper any inclinations towards Organization Man and Garrison ...

Journal Article - Jun 30 2009 - 4:30pm - 2 comments

DoD’s Combat Exclusion Policies Limit Commanders and Strain Our Current Forces

... task force to which she was attached triggered an IED. In a press release, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) stated that ... level has not been acted upon. [6] Female Soldiers in Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan (CJOA-A) Female ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

Leveraging Technology to Maximize Soldier Training and Performance

... and Performance by Lieutenant General Michael A. Vane , U.S. Army In the past few weeks and months numerous points and counterpoints have been made regarding CSDA... Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications . Many of these points are valid; many are ...

Blog entry - Mar 29 2011 - 9:32am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Character and the Special Forces Soldier

... and the Special Forces Soldier (Full PDF Article) On a recent Friday I had the opportunity to address some of the finest Soldiers in the United States Army. These young men were graduating from the ...

Journal Article - Nov 6 2008 - 4:41pm - 0 comments

Army Worries about 'Toxic Leaders' in Ranks

... in Ranks by Greg Jaffe, Washington Post . BLUF: "A major U.S. Army survey of leadership and morale found that more than 80 ... a leader, if you see the nobility and meaning in leading Soldiers in garrison and in combat, stay the course and deal with the delay. ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD

... The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD by Jimmy A. Gomez Download the Full Article: The Targeting Process: D3A and ... universal, predictable, and repetitive solutions where soldiers do not need to think; if they do think, they must SPEAK AND ACT IN ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

5 July SWJ Roundup

... Pakistan Pakistan's Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist - NYT Pakistani Military Still Cultivates Militant Groups ... Iraq New Wave of Attacks Targets Iraqi Police, Soldiers - WP At Least 35 Killed in Baghdad Twin Explosions - CNN ...

Blog entry - Jul 4 2011 - 11:06pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments