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by Ryan T. Kranc | Fri, 12/23/2011 - 1:44pm | 60 comments

Army Regulation 600-20, Army Command Policy, states "hazing is fundamentally in opposition to our values and is prohibited."

by Mike Few | Fri, 12/23/2011 - 6:24am | 1 comment

Some final thoughts for SWJ Readers

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/23/2011 - 6:08am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/22/2011 - 4:26pm | 0 comments

U.S. forces acted in self-defense and responded with appropriate force after being fired upon during a Nov. 25-26 incident on Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/22/2011 - 11:43am | 0 comments

Music Video: I'll Go (A Soldiers Oath)

 

by Robert C. Jones | Thu, 12/22/2011 - 6:36am | 23 comments

For Americans such approaches are counter to the very cornerstone of the foundation our country was built upon.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:53am | 0 comments

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by Mike Few | Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:29am | 12 comments

Just like we had for the Krasnovians, we need an enemy template for small wars

by Robert Haddick | Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:47am | 0 comments

Too much budget tinkering, not enough strategic thinking, says the Heritage Foundation defense analyst.

by Adam Elkus | Wed, 12/21/2011 - 10:41am | 3 comments

William Owen's "Killing Your Way to Control" explains Sunni Defeat in the Iraq Surge

 

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/21/2011 - 8:11am | 4 comments

Getting Rid of the Chicago School of Counter-Insurgency by Michael Cummings.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/21/2011 - 6:03am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 12/21/2011 - 4:26am | 0 comments

A group of 50 militants in Kandahar join peace process

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:25pm | 1 comment

As we move past COIN, CT, FID, SFA, and seek Strategy, we should arm ourselves with the wisdom of those that came before us

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:18pm | 2 comments

General Dempsey to CNN: Iran Shouldn't "Miscalculate Our Resolve"

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/20/2011 - 2:58pm | 1 comment

As American forces pulled out of Iraq, we asked Iraqis around the country three questions

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/20/2011 - 3:06am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/20/2011 - 1:23am | 0 comments

Infinity Journal has just launched Volume 2, Issue 1.  Follow this link to read the newest articles:

by Mike Few | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 2:37pm | 16 comments

My Foreign Policy article argues that it is time to move past the colonial model of COIN and rise above a collection of disjointed tactics that have no proven cumulative effect.  

by David S. Maxwell | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 1:56pm | 0 comments

Some Hasty, Initial Thoughts

by Robert Haddick | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:58am | 2 comments

Kim Jong-Il's death comes at a particularly bad moment for the political leadership in Beijing.

by Adam Elkus | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:37am | 1 comment

Excellence in covert action on all levels of engagement should not be neglected in any discussion of American security and strategy

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:29am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:19am | 1 comment

Kim Jong Il dead at age 69, continue on for initial news links.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/18/2011 - 4:19am | 0 comments

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