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"In fighting our post-9/11 wars, we have won nearly every battle but are far from winning the war."

"Special warfare has particular relevance to the current global security environment as policymakers seek options short of large-scale intervention."

The Army is going to shrink, the service’s chief of staff said here today, but leaders must be careful that cuts aren’t draconian.

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History will show that the ending of the Islamic State didn’t begin with a bang or a whimper but rather a rant.

Socom is looking to R&D groups, academia, industry and individuals for technologies that can cloak electronic “signatures” from commandos and their equipment in the field.

"I propose to demonstrate the vulnerability of the South and make its inhabitants feel that war & individual Ruin are synonimous terms."

The crushing of protests by ordinary citizens follows a pattern of violence stretching back to 1968.

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Obama’s strategy is not working. The president is hoping that limited airstrikes, combined with U.S. support for local proxies, will “degrade and ultimately destroy”.

CJCS Martin E. Dempsey arrived in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city, today in an unannounced visit for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials.

"I am a United States Army General, and I lost the Global War on Terrorism."

In 1972, I wrote an article in the Marine Corps Gazette advocating a massive raid into N. Vietnam that would destroy its military capability to provide a threat to S. Vietnam.

Once a year, the Nation honors the Veterans.  Each day the Veteran honors us all with the fruits of that service.

The Orient Shield exercises, the latest iteration of which were held on this Japanese military base, ended Friday.

November 9th marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has just a 26 percent approval rating among individuals currently serving within the national security community.

A member of the House Armed Services Committee is calling for an investigation of a former Army official who played a key role in the service's struggling intelligence program.

The U.S. will deploy an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq to advise and train the Iraqi military to bolster its ability to counter the threat posed by militants associated with the IS.

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President Obama said on Wednesday that he would seek specific authorization from Congress for the military campaign against the Islamic State.

Republicans will control the three top Senate committees dealing with U.S. foreign policy and national security: foreign relations, armed services and intelligence.

At the current casualty rate, the Afghanistan National Security Forces cannot be sustained.