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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/10/2014 - 8:23pm | 5 comments
A conflict looms between the Army’s wartime ethos of individual initiative and the bureaucratic malaise that peacetime brings.
by Scott Forster | Thu, 07/10/2014 - 4:05pm | 0 comments
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by Geoffrey Demarest | Thu, 07/10/2014 - 2:17pm | 0 comments
On July 6th, retired Colombian General Álvaro Valencia Tovar died at the age of 94.
by Gary Anderson | Thu, 07/10/2014 - 1:34pm | 24 comments
Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his vision of an Islamic caliphate transcending traditional international borders is becoming a reality in the form of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/10/2014 - 12:16am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/09/2014 - 6:41pm | 5 comments
"Army officials acknowledge problems with DCGS-A. ...the Army is working to improve the system in its next generation, which is being put out for bids next year."
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/09/2014 - 3:29pm | 0 comments
“… for too long, U.S. military strategy has relied on mass and money. Ultimately, we overwhelmed the enemy or lost as in Vietnam or did not prevail as in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/09/2014 - 12:16am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/08/2014 - 6:10pm | 0 comments
"In real terms the announcement of Baghdadi's caliphate may mean little, but the Jihadi movement has turned a significant corner and what remains to be seen is what he can use it to do next."
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/08/2014 - 12:18am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/07/2014 - 1:29pm | 2 comments
Creating or conducting “strategy by op-ed” is a fundamentally flawed approach, but has become increasingly popular and influential.
by James “Jamie” E. Hayes III | Mon, 07/07/2014 - 12:32am | 7 comments
I have a suggestion for the proper U.S. response. It isn’t Apache gunships, or Predators, or even the advisors that President Obama most recently ordered back into theater.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/07/2014 - 12:18am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 07/06/2014 - 11:54am | 5 comments
A top United States general in charge of protecting the southern border says he’s been unable to combat the steady flow of illegal drugs, weapons and people from Central America.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 07/06/2014 - 12:13am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/05/2014 - 6:36pm | 4 comments
"The Islamist radicals who have declared an Islamic caliphate on land they control straddling Iraq and Syria are waging an audacious publicity stunt, according to some analysts."
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/05/2014 - 12:23am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/04/2014 - 9:27am | 0 comments
The Special Operations Research Association is pleased to announce the 2014 SORA conference, Special Operations and Strategic Implications, 24-25 October 2014, at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/04/2014 - 9:21am | 0 comments
Book Review: War From the Ground Up by Emile Simpson, Book Review by Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Routledge.
by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/04/2014 - 8:50am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/04/2014 - 7:42am | 2 comments
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/02/2014 - 2:34am | 47 comments
"The United States has increased its military presence in Iraq, ordering 300 more troops to the violence-ravaged nation, the Pentagon announced Monday."
by Scott Forster | Mon, 06/30/2014 - 8:03pm | 0 comments
As the summer heats up so do discussions concerning future war. Here are four different views of future war for your reading pleasure.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/29/2014 - 10:42am | 1 comment
"What, in your opinion, do these people hope to gain from this war?"