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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 Scott Forster | Sat, 12/07/2013 - 4:27pm | 0 comments

Updated Landpower Featured Articles

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/04/2013 - 4:32am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/04/2013 - 3:32am | 12 comments

Keep Fighting: Why the Counterinsurgency Debate Must Go On by Mark Stout, War on the Rocks.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/03/2013 - 12:09pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/02/2013 - 6:31am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/02/2013 - 5:49am | 1 comment

Satirical Duffel Blog Takes Aim at the Military’s Absurdities by Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/01/2013 - 2:32pm | 2 comments

Putting Military Pay on the Table - New York Times Editorial.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/01/2013 - 2:01pm | 3 comments

The Way Petraeus Saw Counterinsurgency Operations - Five quotes via RallyPoint.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/01/2013 - 5:54am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/01/2013 - 1:10am | 1 comment

"News that Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to maintain the A-10 out to beyond 2028 will be welcomed by many."

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/30/2013 - 7:03am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/30/2013 - 6:34am | 0 comments

A Healing in Sharing War Experiences by Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor (USMC Ret.), Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 11/30/2013 - 12:40am | 0 comments

Late Night Tunes: The Who at The Concert For New York City.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 4:43pm | 0 comments

14 Years of Undermining Public Diplomacy by Robert Schadler, US News and World Report.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 3:45am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 1:42am | 1 comment

An Army in Transition Awaits West Point Cadets as Wars End, Military Budgets Shrink by Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/28/2013 - 1:40pm | 0 comments

War and Thanksgiving by John Amble, War on the Rocks.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/28/2013 - 6:46am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 11/28/2013 - 12:54am | 1 comment

Via WKRP in Cincinnati, Thanksgiving golden oldie.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 4:37pm | 0 comments

Continue on for a link to the November 2013 issue of West Point's CTC Sentinel.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 3:43pm | 9 comments

The Vietnamese tribesmen who fought alongside American Special Forces won the Green Berets’ admiration and lost everything else.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 12:52pm | 1 comment

The best to you and yours for Thanksgiving.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 5:25am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/27/2013 - 4:05am | 0 comments

Continue on for a FPRI video featuring General James Mattis (USMC Ret.).

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 9:41pm | 0 comments

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia by Dr. J. Peter Pham, Strategic Studies Institute.