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... Like them or hate them, we still need private security contractors says Colonel Mark Cancian (USMCR Ret.) at ...

Blog entry - Jan 9 2009 - 6:09am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... missions. This question succinctly points to the need to develop and deploy new transnational police capabilities to address ... Peacekeeping a John, Welcome to the SWJ Blog. We are excited to have you aboard and sharing your unique and experienced ...

Blog entry - May 9 2007 - 5:07am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

... they are leveraging to fuel their agenda. Currently we apply CT to attack AQ and the nationalist insurgencies that they leverage; ... in a highly decentralized and unconstrainedfashion... .no need to adhere to the "laws of war" and the like. Perhaps what we in the ...

Journal Article - Aug 31 2010 - 4:50pm - 25 comments

... column at Foreign Policy : Topics include: 1) Need to fight a war? Recruit a civilian, not a soldier 2) The U.S. ... actors (threats). One aspect of long and indecisive wars we do not discuss in politie company is the fact that both sides evolve their ...

Blog entry - Jun 10 2011 - 5:40pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... of the fray. CTF and other Irregular Warfare efforts need an accurate contextual assessment identifying the nature of specific ... to any grunt on the ground in Iraq from 2003-present. We assumed that we had these functions. Is this something that we want DoD ...

Journal Article - Sep 28 2009 - 8:16pm - 5 comments

... our future.  In order to fully appreciate any culture we are learning about, especially if we expect to conduct operations in that ... somewhat conversant, in languages that we are expecting to need in the future. Not all universities hosting Army ROTC programs have ...

Blog entry - Aug 23 2011 - 7:15am - 7 comments - 0 attachments