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Continue on to view the first entry into SWJ’s ANMIHOS. H/T to Doctrine Man.

"White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders denied reports that the new adviser would not have the authority to build a new team in the National Security Council."

"As the Pentagon looks for new ways to reach out to Silicon Valley, some unexpected characters are getting a shot at the action."

Small Wars Journal / El Centro’s latest book, Jihadi Terrorism, Insurgency, and the Islamic State, is now available at Amazon.

Burning buildings. Criminals and gunfire. Common definitions. Climbing upstairs at WTC when all others are going down. A common image.

The four are John Bolton, H. R. McMaster, Robert L. Caslen Jr., and Keith Kellogg.

“The International Center for the Study of Radicalization study estimates that the group's revenue has fallen by about 50 percent over the past two years.”

“When President Obama turned the affairs of state over to President Trump on January 20th, the Islamic State was in full retreat across Iraq and Syria.”

“The Vice President’s comments aim to reassure Europe on U.S. commitment to NATO.”

“The broadcaster’s purpose isn’t just to entertain, or even to inform. It’s to wage the battle of ideas.”

Video and transcript of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis' address at the Munich Security Conference. H/T to Real Clear World.

"The announcement about the finalists comes a day after retired Vice Adm. Bob Harward turned down the job."

"After a decade of debate, the US Army is finally creating permanent units dedicated to advising foreign forces."

“The intensity of the ISIS campaign has required the Pentagon to draw from its stores around the globe.”

The first of six planned security force brigades will activate in October at Fort Benning, Georgia, the Army announced on Thursday.

"Al Qaeda and the Islamic State could reconcile their differences to present a different but persistent security challenge to the United States for the foreseeable future."

Beginning with the counter-ISIS fight in Syria, British Army Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones said the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian Arab Coalition continue to pressure and isolate Raqqa.

“The decision to withhold information underscores deep mistrust between the U.S. intelligence community and the President.”

"The head of UN peacekeeping said Haiti has made so much progress that he would recommend the Security Council pull out the nearly 5,000 multinational troops and police."

“The move would significantly alter US military operations in Syria if approved and could put troops on the ground within weeks.”

"Defense Secretary Mattis warned on Wednesday that the amount of American support for NATO could depend on whether other countries meet their own spending commitments."

“Few Americans are even aware or concerned over how long this nation has been engaged in armed conflicts over the past seven decades.”

“The Trump administration is in talks with Arab allies about having them form a military alliance that would share intelligence with Israel to help counter their mutual foe, Iran.”

Barriers sometimes work. The much-maligned Maginot Line actually did its job. The Germans never breached it; indeed, they made no attempt to do so.

"Conventional military dominance means that few adversaries are likely to directly challenge the U.S. with the use of force, since doing so risks complete military defeat."