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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/13/2013 - 8:04am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/12/2013 - 4:47pm | 3 comments

SWJ quote of the week by 'Warlord' COL John Collins (USA Ret.) concerning bias and perception.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/12/2013 - 10:13am | 0 comments

Follow the link to Japan's 2013 national defense white paper.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/12/2013 - 7:57am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 6:16pm | 0 comments

US Officials Downplay 'Zero Option' for US Troops in Afghanistan by Michael Bowman, Voice of America.

by Jeremiah Foxwell | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 5:56pm | 8 comments

The Benghazi attack of Sept. 11th, 2012 arguably demonstrates an evolution in modern asymmetric warfare strategy: Insurgents organized a spontaneous flash-mob to increase their offensive capability.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 2:34pm | 0 comments

U.S. congressional inspectors have highlighted a second case of waste at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan in as many days.

by Morgan Smiley | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 1:30pm | 0 comments

Morgan Smiley recommends that we convince the Afghan government to raise a limited number of Afghan units led by US Soldiers.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 12:23pm | 0 comments

Top 5 Fake Out of Office Messages From Furloughed Defense Workers by Eric Katz at Government Executive

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/11/2013 - 7:29am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/10/2013 - 10:25am | 5 comments

A Brand-New U.S. Military Headquarters in Afghanistan. And Nobody to Use It. By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/10/2013 - 7:10am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/09/2013 - 1:42pm | 3 comments

How Military Counterinsurgency Software Is Being Adapted To Tackle Gang Violence in Mainland USA - Technology Review. Analysts believe that insurgents in Afghanistan form similar networks to street gangs in the US. So software for analyzing these networks abroad ought to work just as well at home.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/09/2013 - 7:51am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/08/2013 - 11:17am | 0 comments

A new, and highly promising, online resource - War on the Rocks - went hot today.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/08/2013 - 6:12am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/08/2013 - 5:39am | 0 comments

Ruthless Mexican Drug Cartel Recruiting in the U.S.; Los Zetas Looks to Prisons, Street Gangs by Jerry Seper, Washington Times.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 07/07/2013 - 2:55am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/06/2013 - 1:35am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/05/2013 - 2:50pm | 6 comments

Dempsey Calls on Americans to Discuss Civil-Military Relations by Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 07/05/2013 - 12:25am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/04/2013 - 10:53pm | 0 comments

Continue on for the latest news and opinion links concerning events in Egypt.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/04/2013 - 12:36am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/03/2013 - 6:58pm | 0 comments

The Military Needs to Reach Out to Civilians - Washington Post op-ed by General Martin Dempsey.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/03/2013 - 6:33pm | 0 comments

Continue on for the latest news links concerning the military coup in Egypt.