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... Most notable was his intention to extract 10,000 soldiers this year and 23,000 more by next summer, before the height of Afghanistan's ... and innovation remains to be seen. Re: This Week at War: End of the COIN Era? My first thought on the number was: Is ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2011 - 1:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... deal of discussion and debate.  I plan to continue this debate in a series of essays from our contributors.  I've ... expect a return on an investment. If I spend 40 hours in a week cooking hamburgers, I expect a paycheck. If I create a product that ...

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

... feeling the consequences. Fifteen British soldiers died this month, including eight within one 24-hour period. British deaths in ... a test of the leadership's adaptability. Re: This Week at War, No. 25 Why are our boys fighting, dying, coming home crippled ...

Blog post - Jul 17 2009 - 11:21pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I don’t just quit. I give up. ... a day of heavy attack but it sometimes went on for a week with little permanent damage. I have no idea how much detonation speed ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... improving the understanding of insurgency itself.  This will put current content into a more appropriate context and nuance in ... building but defeating insurgents use of violence . MY WEEK AS AN INSURGENT, I MY WEEK AS AN INSURGENT, I had to watch a few ...

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

... 2011. 395 pp., $30 Editor's Note:  This review originally appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, 96, no. 4, p 84. ... willing and able to sacrifice an entire regiment every week in order to kill a company of Americans. Not occasionally but every week, ...

Blog post - May 22 2012 - 7:29am - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... communities. The Department of Defense had identified this critical capability gap by 2004, and by 2005 had directed the Services to ... classes for 10 months, then sustainment training once a week. This didn't do a whole lot of good when 6-months prior to deployment the ...

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

... approach to the drug cartels.  Much of this analysis, however, appears to be an attempt to redefine what constitutes ... blood if ALL visa issuances were stopped for more than a week. For any reason. The consulates are under constant threat, much like ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments

... high and its relationship with the US at an all-time low. This instability is likely to render Pakistan even more unpredictable in crisis ... success and currently works flawlessly. Every week the delivery system is successfully tested as the payload reaches any ...

Journal Article - Apr 26 2012 - 4:58am - 8 comments

... what he called the " security paradox " at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The good news in the world ... advanced, sophisticated weapon systems." With this ominous report, Dempsey defended the Obama administration's new ...

Blog post - Apr 20 2012 - 2:11pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments