"Each service isn’t guaranteed a ‘fair-share’ of the budget, but a level of resourcing commensurate with the strategic contribution it can make."
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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 | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 8:25am | 6 comments
High on their list: a "Concealable/Take Down Urban Sniper Rifle"
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/29/2014 - 12:10am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 04/28/2014 - 9:56pm | 1 comment
“On eve of elections, demoralized army is losing fight against islamist militants.”
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 04/28/2014 - 1:46am | 0 comments
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by Robert Bunker | Sun, 04/27/2014 - 3:10pm | 0 comments
The Evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America: Sadism as an Instrument of Cartel Warfare - New monograph by SWJ El Centro Fellow George Grayson.
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 04/27/2014 - 11:42am | 1 comment
Enduring Power: The Army Needs to Focus on What it Does Best by Chad Pillai, Barefoot Strategist
by SWJ Editors | Sun, 04/27/2014 - 6:11am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/26/2014 - 2:22am | 0 comments
Continue on for a video featuring "the most hated unit in the US Army".
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/26/2014 - 2:08am | 0 comments
"With Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for Wednesday, war has come back with a vengeance to that shattered nation."
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 04/26/2014 - 1:58am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 04/25/2014 - 12:11am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 9:45pm | 3 comments
"If Iraq was, very arguably, counterinsurgency's success story, Afghanistan looks increasingly like the place COIN went to die."
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 8:57pm | 0 comments
One they got right - Major General H.R. McMaster
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 5:03pm | 1 comment
Today the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released three reports on Afghanistan. Water projects that SIGAR reviewed showed mixed results.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 3:34pm | 0 comments
Middle East Studies (MES) at Marine Corps University is pleased to announce the publication of Middle East Studies In Review 2012-13.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 10:58am | 0 comments
Continue on for the latest publications from the US Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute.
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 10:10am | 0 comments
Our Debating Military: Here, If You’re Looking by Matt Hipple, Center for International Maritime Security
by SWJ Editors | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 12:15am | 0 comments
Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup. (Updated w/ Afghan insider attack)
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/23/2014 - 7:36pm | 0 comments
“Cutting the fleet of A-10s will save the Air Force about $4.2 billion, he said. 'You just don’t make big savings unless you cut fleets.'”
by John P. Sullivan | Wed, 04/23/2014 - 7:06pm | 0 comments
"The current Mexican administration has underemphasized the need to develop a robust law enforcement strategy, focusing too narrowly on socioeconomic factors."
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/23/2014 - 5:46am | 8 comments
What we left behind in Iraq: “An increasingly authoritarian leader, a return of sectarian violence, and a nation worried for its future.”
by SWJ Editors | Wed, 04/23/2014 - 5:23am | 0 comments
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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/22/2014 - 7:24pm | 0 comments
A Letter to the West Point Class of 2014: No Combat Patch? That’s No Problem! By Major Crispin Burke, Best Defense
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 04/22/2014 - 11:58am | 4 comments
Many of you have by now have at least heard of, if not read, William S. Lind’s latest, “An Officer Corps That Can’t Score.”