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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/16/2014 - 11:34pm | 0 comments

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.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/16/2014 - 6:32pm | 2 comments

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

by Robert Bunker | Sun, 11/16/2014 - 6:20pm | 0 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/16/2014 - 12:53am | 0 comments

Continue on for SSI R&A.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 11/16/2014 - 12:25am | 2 comments

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”.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/15/2014 - 10:25pm | 7 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/11/2014 - 4:54pm | 5 comments

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

by Gary Anderson | Tue, 11/11/2014 - 4:35pm | 60 comments

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.

by Keith Nightingale | Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:28am | 0 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/08/2014 - 6:56pm | 23 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/08/2014 - 11:33am | 7 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/08/2014 - 2:58am | 1 comment

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

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/07/2014 - 5:52pm | 0 comments

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.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/07/2014 - 4:03pm | 3 comments

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.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/06/2014 - 12:03pm | 0 comments

Continue on for the details concerning an open position as a Senior Vice President at V1 Analytical Solutions.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/05/2014 - 10:00pm | 0 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/05/2014 - 5:56pm | 0 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/05/2014 - 2:36pm | 0 comments

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

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/05/2014 - 8:22am | 1 comment

Item one from SWJ's News Page.

by Joan Johnson-Freese | Tue, 11/04/2014 - 9:12am | 3 comments

Even with a lot of heavy editing by PME faculty, many poor papers slip through.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/03/2014 - 10:35pm | 0 comments

The new News section has replaced the Daily News Roundup.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/30/2014 - 3:06pm | 0 comments

Syrian activists said the first of 150 Iraqi Kurdish fighters have arrived in Kobani to help Syrian Kurds in their fight against Islamic State militants.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/29/2014 - 5:41pm | 2 comments

This paper analyzes and evaluates the use of death squads in counterinsurgencies.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/28/2014 - 12:30am | 0 comments

The 27 October SWJ Roundup was the last, it will be missed by many but we hope the replacement is a marked improvement. Continue on for the details.

by Joe Byerly | Mon, 10/27/2014 - 12:38pm | 2 comments

A “water bucket” leader is someone whose leadership approach can be likened to sticking a hand into a bucket of water and creating a stir.