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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/13/2014 - 12:04am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/12/2014 - 9:34pm | 0 comments
Army leaders say the document, “Win in a Complex World,” emphasizes smart, adaptive leadership and an interagency approach that may not always use force.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/12/2014 - 9:01pm | 1 comment
The new Army Operating Concept posted earlier this week received a lot of feedback on social media and in the halls of military installations – which ultimately led to this series.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/12/2014 - 3:13pm | 2 comments
With the decision to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the United States is once again fighting an insurgency.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/12/2014 - 6:16am | 1 comment
America's plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group's fighters come close to capturing Kobani and have inflicted a heavy defeat on the Iraqi army west of Baghdad.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/12/2014 - 4:57am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/11/2014 - 12:04am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 10/10/2014 - 1:02am | 0 comments
The problem is that military history, since the days of the Romans, tells us that limited war is rarely successful.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/09/2014 - 11:42am | 3 comments
The future will always be a mystery, but one can gain insights by thinking about trends in terms of scenarios and alternative futures.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:24am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/08/2014 - 12:56pm | 0 comments
An article with the headline ‘7 Military Blogs You Need To Check Out‘ has been making the rounds over the past couple of days.
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/08/2014 - 6:54am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/07/2014 - 6:43pm | 5 comments
Here’s Leon Panetta, former defense secretary and CIA director, publishing the third memoir by a top foreign policy official while Obama is still in office.
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 10/07/2014 - 7:36am | 0 comments
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by John Oliver Jr. | Mon, 10/06/2014 - 1:02pm | 0 comments
Failing to achieve moral victory may result in strategic defeat even if our Army is victorious in all of our tactical, physical battles.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 10/06/2014 - 12:28am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/05/2014 - 12:49pm | 0 comments
Here are 7 of the best military blogs out there right now if you’re looking for professional, well-written content.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/05/2014 - 12:49am | 2 comments
As America’s efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants extend into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 10/05/2014 - 12:16am | 0 comments
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by Robert Bunker | Sat, 10/04/2014 - 10:35pm | 0 comments
Armed irregular forces hold effective power over growing areas of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya where central government authority barely reaches.
by Morgan Smiley | Sat, 10/04/2014 - 10:21am | 1 comment
The Pacific may be the preferred focus of the US government, but the Middle East seems to be the preferred focus of US industry. Perhaps there is something to the maxim “Business is war”.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/04/2014 - 9:50am | 0 comments
If the IS represents a larger insurgency against the governments in Baghdad and Damascus, then a strategy focused on airstrikes and a small non-combat advisory effort is bound to disappoint.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 10/04/2014 - 2:00am | 0 comments
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