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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 entry - Jun 23 2011 - 12:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... 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 entry - Jul 17 2009 - 10:21pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... Army Worries about 'Toxic Leaders' in Ranks This should be good for discussion. Leadership has indeed suffered and we ... in that capacity because I was running a business 7 days a week. But frankly, life was easy back then. Cannot fathom how anybody stays ...

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

... U.S. officials decided to confirm Davis's status. What this confirmation will mean for Davis and other U.S. government employees in ... vehicle carrying Raymond Davis to a hearing in Lahore last week. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP The western spy of the Hollywood thriller ...

Blog entry - Feb 21 2011 - 2:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... Not to be outdone, The Economist that same week castigated Angela Merkel’s “pigheaded brinkmanship” and ... than either Britain or France. In the past ten years, this predominance has already been reflected in EU institutions, both ...

Journal Article - Nov 29 2011 - 8:32am - 4 comments

... you made the unnecessary swipe at the USAF. Reference this line: "To do otherwise risks making the Armor branch the Armys equivalent ... gentlemen) to peace keeping/occupation duties within a week of being committed to combat (the left side). Transitions that were ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

... what impact would growth and compound interest have upon this aggregate figure?  Where does the figure resulting from our calculation ... levels and our (US) usual "blow in on the cheap" with an 6 week initial training program and no field training and evaluation program type ...

Journal Article - Jun 12 2011 - 10:44am - 49 comments

... Congress did what the military establishment would not. This legislation provided unity of command and control for Special Operations ... appeared in the blogsite Small Wars Journal just this week and another post on a separate site that was influenced by the SWJ post, ...

Journal Article - Dec 13 2009 - 10:25am - 77 comments

... or led to charges of undue command influence, etc.) This policy could be (and was) portrayed as a "coverup". Most of what's ... at the Abu Ghraib prison - we offer up this link to last week's BBC interview with England. Re: Torture at The Library of Congress ...

Blog entry - Aug 12 2009 - 1:00pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... on the Web. The criminal and unauthorized manner in which this massive volume of documents was leaked has only helped to further ... are Brutal For more comment see: This Week at War: War Is Hell. COIN Is Worse What will the war on terror look like ...

Journal Article - Aug 15 2010 - 6:17am - 72 comments