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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/21/2012 - 9:33pm | 0 comments

Sunday Night La Bamba...

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/21/2012 - 11:28am | 4 comments

Afghan Security Force’s Rapid Expansion Comes at a Cost as Readiness Lags by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/21/2012 - 1:55am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/21/2012 - 1:13am | 0 comments

Intel-Cyclopedia:  A Guide to Sources of Information for the  Intelligence Community.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 10/20/2012 - 11:17am | 6 comments

Not Losing in Afghanistan - Washington Post op-ed by John Nagl.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 10/20/2012 - 10:22am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 10/19/2012 - 9:27pm | 0 comments

Happy go lucky song for a Friday night.

by John A. Bertetto | Fri, 10/19/2012 - 8:20pm | 16 comments

Many crime control strategies developed today are based upon successes of the past. Given the complex nature of the environment, the chances for these strategies to achieve real success are limited.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 10/19/2012 - 5:58am | 0 comments

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by Robert Bunker | Fri, 10/19/2012 - 2:33am | 0 comments

SWJ El Centro Fellows Vanda Felbab-Brown and Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán Highlighted in Article.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 10/18/2012 - 3:52pm | 1 comment

Training Blends Conventional Warfare with Side of Counterinsurgency  by Chris Carroll, Stars and Stripes.

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 10/18/2012 - 6:13am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 10/17/2012 - 10:10am | 4 comments

Why the U.S. military can't predict the next war.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 10/17/2012 - 9:40am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 10/16/2012 - 12:14am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 10/15/2012 - 8:06pm | 51 comments

Army Colonel's Memo Foreshadowed Doomed Soldier's Email by Howard Altman, Tampa Tribune.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 10/15/2012 - 6:20pm | 0 comments

White House Mulls How to Strike Over Libya Attack by Kimberly Dozier and Rukmini Callmachi, Associated Press.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 10/15/2012 - 1:04am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/14/2012 - 10:44pm | 19 comments

Colonel’s Class on Radical Islam Leaves Career in Limbo by Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/14/2012 - 8:33pm | 0 comments

Our annual goal is $30,000 - so far we’ve gotten $5,830.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/14/2012 - 9:12am | 0 comments

The Hunt For “Geronimo” at Vanity Fair. In an adaptation from his new book, Mark Bowden weaves together accounts for the "full story" behind the raid that killed bin Laden.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 10/14/2012 - 3:43am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 10/13/2012 - 2:14am | 2 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 10/12/2012 - 12:40am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 10/11/2012 - 6:39pm | 1 comment

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shared his vision of accelerating change and building capacity within the agency.