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... Note:   Ben's essay has sparked a great deal of discussion and debate.  I plan to continue this debate in a series of ... and do not reflect the official policy of position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government One ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... Department of Defense Special Branch: An Organizational Proposal for Counter-threat ...

Journal Article - Sep 7 2010 - 10:55am - 4 comments

... unorthodox thinking, I offer an intellectual olive branch of sorts. There is a reason hardly any of these Design concepts will ever enter ... of their ecosystem. PRTs do the same, as does the State Department- everyone becomes experts on their own bike part and keeps excellent ...

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

... available information, I conclude that Iraq was in a state of near collapse prior to the American Invasion.  Our prolonged occupation ... that he put together that was basically from the State Department, http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3744 (O09)something ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... comments struck exposed flesh.  While an ardent fan of Kohlmann’s essay, I have to agree that his argument was more akin to ... “resource position” have bred in the Department of Defense. What problem are we trying to solve again?  ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

... Ahead of the COIN conference at Ft. Leavenworth, Robert C. Jones offers ten points ... and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government." I ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... and is prohibited."   The recent case of Private Danny Chen, who took his own life in Afghanistan this past October ... official policy or position of the United States Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Show Author ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... Cordesman’s “ Afghanistan: The Death of a Strategy ” provides a realistic analysis of the US problem in ... completely useless for any policy goal other than the mere defense of US territory - in a world in which political boundaries are becoming ... and nuclear weapons. Yet most of the Defense Department jobs responsible for combating weapons of mass destruction are held ...

Journal Article - Mar 3 2012 - 11:26am - 45 comments

... pursuing insurgent fighters has produced a unique type of Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine; adroit at waging war, they are equally ... shallow and the institutions of the U.S. Military, State Department and USAID are still very much focused on conventional warfare, ...

Journal Article - May 11 2012 - 6:05am - 25 comments

... Air Command commander.  The below is just a snippet of the opening of his missive. Dear Boss, Well, I quit. I’ve ... are those of the author and do not reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army or the US Government." JTB: ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 19 comments - 0 attachments