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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 10/01/2012 - 6:25am | 0 comments
Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup and links to the USNI Daily and Real Clear World.
by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 09/30/2012 - 12:26am | 0 comments
Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup and links to the USNI Daily and Real Clear World.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/29/2012 - 10:53pm | 2 comments
Carl Prine, dear friend of SWJ (even when SWJ is a target), is recognized for what he does. And what he does is nothing less than outstanding.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/29/2012 - 10:19pm | 1 comment
The US Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Center September newsletter is now posted.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/29/2012 - 8:41am | 25 comments
Top Military Commander in Afghanistan is Being Transferred by David Cloud, Detroit Free Press.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/29/2012 - 6:28am | 0 comments
About That Red Team Report... Foreign Policy op-ed by General George Casey (USA Ret.). "Michael R. Gordon's story overstates the importance of a review I ordered on Iraq."
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/29/2012 - 6:22am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/28/2012 - 6:27pm | 1 comment
Forget ships and drones: The future of war is still on land. By Douglas A. Ollivant, Foreign Policy.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/28/2012 - 3:45pm | 2 comments
Afghan Troops Get a Lesson in American Cultural Ignorance by Kevin Sieff and Richard Leiby of The Washington Post.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/28/2012 - 3:05pm | 0 comments
USA IW Fusion Center Webcast: LTC Mike Simmering. The LTC is a co-author (with MAJ Leo Wyszynski) of a SWJ essay explaining the methodology used to enable the Afghans to take the lead.
by Robert Bunker | Fri, 09/28/2012 - 2:29am | 0 comments
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico under martial law after multiple gun Battles.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/28/2012 - 2:04am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 09/27/2012 - 7:45pm | 0 comments
Mexico Captures Zetas Drug Lord Ivan Velazquez Caballero via the Beeb.
by Robert Bunker | Thu, 09/27/2012 - 5:04am | 0 comments
The intent of this note is to update the Mexican cartel tactical note series with some archival information dating back to 2009. The following Mexican cartel weapons should be considered rare and have been encountered sporadically as in the case of .50 cal. machine guns and singularly (potentially) as in the case of surface-to-air missiles.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 10:59pm | 0 comments
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by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 9:03pm | 4 comments
The rise of conventional and unconventional state threats to the homeland requires planners' attention according to Robert Kozloski writing at USNI blog.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 2:28pm | 0 comments
West Point's Combating Terrorism Center has released the September 2012 Issue of the CTC Sentinel.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 2:21pm | 0 comments
Army, SOCOM Create New Landpower Group by Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 10:23am | 1 comment
The Real Pivot by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Foreign Policy.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 9:44am | 10 comments
Obama's Pacific Tilt Comes Under Fire by Otto Kreisher at AOL Defense.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 2:29am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 12:20am | 1 comment
A ‘Hit Man’ for Hillary Clinton - Washington Post op-ed by Dana Milbank. "Part Clinton henchman, part Clinton hit man, he’s described... as a “roving linebacker” who sometimes “gets called for unnecessary roughness.”
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/25/2012 - 8:11am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 09/24/2012 - 11:10pm | 0 comments
Rethinking the American Way of War and the Role of Landpower by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II, US Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute op-ed.