- Hazing is Simply Intolerable
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... died due to him falling asleep while on watch? Honestly, SWJ looses more and more status with me every time I see tripe like this pass ... 2) homosexuals in the military, 3) anything that is the latest knee-jerk flavor of the month (suicide, hazing, etc.), 4) Army and ...
Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments
- Military Officials Dispute Claim Army Unit Was Directed to Manipulate Senators (Update 11)
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... SWJ Editors Teaser: ... Caldwell IV." "I really did try to read Mikey's latest breathless prose, but honestly? I just couldn't get past the first few ...
Blog post - Feb 27 2011 - 1:21pm - 14 comments - 0 attachments
- COIN Metrics: What Not to Measure
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... SWJ Editors Teaser: ... SWJ use its uniquely fertile open format to convene an online conference about alternatives to not only waging war but finding new ... a statistical picture of their battlespace. In the latest effort by Ricks, there's really nothing new here. Since 2003, the ...
Blog post - Feb 8 2010 - 2:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments
- This Week at War: Rise of the Irregulars
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... it's civilianizing the military. Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy : Topics include: ... (or fight with feral cats if available). The readers of SWJ are then sometimes subjected to my groggy attempts to wax eloquently on a ...
Blog post - Jun 10 2011 - 6:40pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments
- The Ugly Truth: Insurgencies are Brutal
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... Late one afternoon in April, Llamas shows me the latest device theyve been working on, just in from Afghanistan. A neatly made ... (See my paper describing my insurgency model here on SWJ for more of that); then a better approach to pouring in tons of blood and ...
Journal Article - Aug 15 2010 - 7:17am - 72 comments
- Thoughts from the Field on Kilcullen's 28 Articles (Pt. I)
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... SWJ Editors Teaser: ... of protection. It also means arming oneself with the latest information possible. Those who travel without a "flight plan" cannot ...
Blog post - Apr 19 2007 - 4:29pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments


