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Spec-Ops Command: SEAL Raid Book 'a Lie' by Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press.

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War is fundamentally a series of violent adaptive behaviors originating from natural selection

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Moscow vs. the Mujahideen - Wall Street Journal book reviews by Brian M. Downing.

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In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss Gen. Dempsey's plan for refocusing U.S. military forces. I also discuss why nothing seems to be working against Iran's nuclear program.

World War I -- known at the time as "The Great War" - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of "the war to end all wars."

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Col Paul B. Olsen presents The Nature of War Theory

In Afghanistan, Special Units Do the Dirty Work by Carmen Gentile, USA Today.

Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 7: US National Security and the Mexican Cartels - Proceso Magazine Interview with Dr. Robert J. Bunker.

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Marine Corps Forces Command Blog crossed the LOD today. Continue on for LtGen Dennis J. Hejlik's opening post...

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Continue on for a SWJ roundup on Iran and the IAEA nuclear weapons program report. Includes a link to the IAEA report.

AP reporter (and SWJ friend and supporter) Kim Dozier is launching the paperback and e-book of Breathing the Fire this week, about recovering from a car bomb in Iraq five years ago, with her profits going to wounded warrior charities.

A U.S. Air Force general has affirmed that Iraq's air space will be undefended for at least two years. With attention now on Iran's nuclear program, is this outcome a bug or a feature?

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The November 2011 Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Cell Newsletter is on the streets...

An Open Letter to the ‘Young Turks’ by LtGen Robert B. Neller, Marine Corps Gazette.

As the Army undergoes a doctrinal review as part of Doctrine 2015, the Counterinsurgency Center has started the revision process of FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency. Our goal is to produce a field manual that captures the enduring tactics and procedures to guide Army and Marine ground forces.

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Afghanistan – Touch Down in Flight: Video by Augustin Pictures.