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The largest re-enlistment ceremony in our history...

Doesn’t sound like things are going badly in Iraq to me. Obviously, our troops are not crying to “come home” if they are re-enlisting 1200 at a time! So much for all the whining on… more »

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The largest re-enlistment ceremony in our history... — 2 comments

Admin wrote 1 day ago: Doesn’t sound like things are going badly in Iraq to me. Obviously, our troops are not crying … more »

Tags: In The News, Pride

The moral courage of our senior generals, or their lack of it — 5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 days ago: This week sees yet another article questioning the moral courage of our most senior generals, the on … more »

Tags: david hackworth, Douglas Macgregor, Fred Kaplan, paul yingling

Nagl gives a profoundly wrong vision for the US military — 11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: He gives us a clear and appealing vision, but one that is deadly wrong IMO.  Only a first rate min … more »

Tags: America's Long War, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, long war, John Nagl, rusi journal

"VA testing drugs on war veterans" - The Washington Times and ABC News — 2 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: These things are like a bug on the kitchen counter.  Easily squished, but telling us something abou … more »

Tags: Washington Times, abc, Veterans

Stratfor: "The U.S. Air Force and the Next War" — 11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 weeks ago: A few comments about this report by George Friedman of Stratfor (1) This is the type of analysis St … more »

Tags: 4 GW, 4GW, George Friedman, Stratfor, U.S. Air Force

An effective way to support our Troops: help the Blue Star Mothers of America — 1 comment

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 weeks ago: There are many ways to support our troops, actions more effective than a bumper sticker on your car. … more »

Tags: Good News!, Blue Star Mothers

Lawrence Korb of CAP and CDI advocates a militia — 7 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  When an idea’s time has come, it rises up from many sources.  Who can best act as … more »

Tags: 4 GW, militia, Lawrence Korb, Home Guard, project white horse

Home from Iraq, wary Marine fatally wounded

Admin wrote 1 month ago: When I see this kind of crime committed against a young man who honorably served this country, well … more »

Tags: In The News

Militia - the ultimate defense against 4GW — 11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  This essay sketches out what might be our most reliable defense against 4GW — a mil … more »

Tags: 4 GW, assize of arm, chet richards, Clausewitz, David Kilcullen, Decline of the State, eugeme smith, fyrd, Game Theory

"The Pentagon Takes Over" — 10 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Tom Englehardt has produced another superlative TomDispatch:  “Entrenched, Embedded, and Her … more »

Tags: AFRICOM, Frida Berrigan, Grand Strategy, NORTHCOM, Tom Engelhardt

"America's Greatest Weapon" — 8 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: The views in the essay below are not original, but well worth repeating.  The authors describe the … more »

Tags: Good News!, charles dunlap, John Nagl, small wars journal

Weekend Reading about our Wars

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Contents “From Lebanon to Hezbollahstan“, Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal  (13 May … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, US Army, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Michael O'Hanlon, Syria, Robert D. Kaplan, Burma

I was wrong about SecDef Gates - here is a more accurate view of him — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: I apologize to those of you who read yesterday’s post about Secretary of Defense Gates.  I r … more »

Tags: America's Long War, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Iraq War, long war, David Kilcullen, Tom Engelhardt, Robert Gates

Secretary Gates would be a hero - if speeches could reform DoD

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: Secretary of Defense Gates has received praise from some worthy analysts. It would be deserved, if s … more »

Tags: zenpundit, Fred Kaplan, John Boyd, abu muqawama, paul yingling, Robert Gates

A neverending story: DoD's attempts to stop cooking the books — 1 comment

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: “The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem“, Scot Paltrow, Portfolio.com (May 200 … more »

Tags: defense death spiral, DoD, Accounting, scot paltrow

Only our amnesia makes reading the newspapers bearable — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: Tom Englehardt’s TomDispatch always goes to the top of my reading pile.  Tom publishes long, … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, History, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, information operations, Spencer Ackerman, david pretraeus, maxwell taylor, William Westmoreland, creighton abrams

Roads in Afghanistan, a new weapon to win 4GW's? — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: A new article by Dr. David Kilcullen: “Political Maneuver in Counterinsurgency“, posted … more »

Tags: 4 GW, Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, zenpundit, David Kilcullen, joshua foust, small wars journal, selil, small wars council

The media discover info ops, with outrage! — 8 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: The media have discovered that our military has mastered the key 4GW skill of running information op … more »

Tags: 4 GW, America's Long War, Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, 4GW, Decline of the State, Disinformation, Eric Boehlert, information operations

Update to the "Navy Death Spiral" — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: This is an update to DoD Death Spiral — the US Navy version. “Two ships deemed ‘unfit … more »

Tags: defense death spiral, U.S. Navy


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