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... The current situation in Gaza is a laboratory for the kind of conflicts that we are likely to see in the immediate future ... advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Re: Preparing for the Next Battle of Gaza This sort of thinking ( the article ...

Blog post - Jul 5 2007 - 11:46am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... change to an actual strategy. The underlying problem for U.S. strategy in the AfPak region is that the culture of its populations is ... I've read the Afghan people in the north are rumored to be preparing to violently resist Taliban & Co once we bug out. That indicates ...

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

... members of his platoon (a platoon he had been part of for less than 70 days), has brought to the forefront the issue of hazing in the ... at your support troops to see an even worse version of preparing kids for combat if you would like. Your ancestors who may have been ...

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

... warfare. Why Are We Preparing to Fight the Wrong War, Again? By General Gordon Sullivan and Nick ... and training it purports to be, it is merely a plea for retaining force structure for the Army -- and, oh by the way, the ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 2:03pm - 9 comments - 0 attachments

... fight. Intent This is just one assessment for consideration to be examined for accuracy.  It is by no means the ... difficulty following your logic, are you saying Saddam was preparing to conduct a resistance against a U.S. occupation, and that the ...

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

... we are going to wrestle with some critical challenges. For example, we’ve steadily improved our integration and interoperability ... threats will always seek to attack our weaknesses. Preparing an army principally on that convention is shadow boxing. The target ...

Blog post - May 16 2012 - 8:54am - 14 comments - 0 attachments

... COL Rich Outzen makes a plea for a transformational approach to promoting language skills in the force. ... even feasible. I had a friend who was a BDE commander preparing to deploy to Iraq and he actually put several of his guys into Arabic ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

... discuss why the U.S. Air Force has already lost the Battle for Taiwan. My Foreign Policy article ... believes the south needs to shift its focus away from preparing for the Big War and toward countering a variety of asymmetric attacks ...

Blog post - Dec 26 2011 - 9:53am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... different form at the Disruptive Thinkers blog .  For those unfamiliar with the intricacies of the bureacracy surrounding naval ... who spent most of their careers in the 80s and 90s preparing to fight the Soviets or Chinese viewed the Special Operations ...

Blog post - May 15 2012 - 4:48am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

... five years to 2018 and the projected cost to the Pentagon for 2,457 aircraft has ballooned to $385 billion, making it by far the most ... the world. Hedging and risk management are all about preparing for surprises. Although a seemingly oxymoronic concept, leaders can ...

Blog post - May 27 2011 - 1:49pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments