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8 years
‘Raise the Black’: Former U.S. Special Forces fund-raise for the families of fallen Iraqi comrades
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The Lone Dog Tag Recovered From North Korea Had a Name, and Now the Family Knows by Tara Copp - Military Times -
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7 years
Some Trump supporters thought NPR tweeted 'propaganda.' It was the Declaration of Independence.
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7 years
SWJ - Twitter didn’t #BringBackOurGirls from Boko Haram. It took secret talks, prisoner swaps and two large bags of cash. via @WSJ
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6 years
“Thanksgiving: Girl Praying”, a Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published November 27, 1943. An alternate title for the illustration is “Refugee Thanksgiving”. Wishing the best to you and yours this Thanksgiving - SWJ
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6 years
Off topic, maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but as a Marine this got under my skin because the tree is from the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood site - BBC News - White House tree: Emmanuel Macron's sapling disappears
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2 years
Small Wars Journal–El Centro is proud to announce that SWJ–El Centro Fellow Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera has been promoted to the rank of full professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Public Policy and Government. @GCorreaCabrera @ScharSchool
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Chief of Staff of the Army wishes USMC a happy 243rd. Thank you sir!
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U.S. Army Chief of Staff
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Happy 243rd birthday to the United States Marine Corps! From the Halls of Montezuma to the mountains of Afghanistan, the Army is proud to have fought alongside the few and the proud. Our Marines are exceptional warriors. #SemperFi .
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Saw a recommendation on Twitter lauding the docudrama ‘Conspiracy’ (HBO) so I ordered it. The movie dramatizes the 1942 Wannsee Conference. The film examines the psychology of Nazi officials involved in the “Final Solution". It is an excellent film that I highly recommend.
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Military Times Movie Review - Blockbuster ‘Midway’ Sinks Faster than Japanese Carriers at ... Midway - "Save your time and money and avoid this movie at all costs."
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Nick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath and Jessica Guynn of USA Today - We Read Every One of the 3,517 Facebook Ads Bought by Russians. Their Dominant Strategy: Sowing Racial Discord via @usatoday
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Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn gives condolences to Elizabeth Ohree and her family during the service for Ohree's brother, Pfc. William H. Jones, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., 22 Aug. 2019. Jones, reported missing in action during the Korean War, was accounted for 13 Sept. 2018.
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Trump Suggests Venerated Navy SEAL Commander (Adm. William H. McRaven) Should Have Found bin Laden Faster - Paul Sonne - WaPo - Silly, but if you must buy in that there was a failure, it wasn't SOCOM, it would have been the IC at fault -
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Military Dot Com - US General Troubled by Russian Mercenaries in Africa - "Army Gen. Stephen Townsend said presence of Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic is part of effort by Putin to regain influence for Moscow in the Sub-Sahara."
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WaPo Op-Ed by MG (Ret.) Bob Scales - I watched my friend die in Vietnam 50 years ago. Leaders must understand the cost of combat.
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7 years
3 years in prison for soldier who lied way to Purple Heart (defrauded 16 agencies, programs and organizations)
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The Tennessean via AP - Legacy of Tennessee's greatest war hero may be education (Alvin C. York)
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"Give Ukraine the “right artillery ammo”: DPICM" By Dan Rice
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis's farewell letter to all DoD personnel, dtd 31 December 2018. Short and to the point.
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7 years
Wired - The Pentagon Opened Up to Hackers—And Fixed Thousands of Bugs via @WIRED
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6 years
Just released - "Blood and Concrete: 21st Century Conflict in Urban Centers and Megacities" - This Small Wars Journal (SWJ) Anthology documents over a decade of writings on urban conflict.
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Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #43 : Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles (IAFVs) – ‘Narcotanques’ and ‘Monstruos Blindados’ in Jalisco by John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker
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Fri night pic - USMC power nap in Afghanistan. H/T to Tom Ricks @tomricks1 @TaskandPurpose
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8 years
You Can't Out-Crazy Kim Jong Un @CNN
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4 years
SWJ will return. Weaker without Dave Dilegge, stronger with more people in the team.
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6 years
Sad news yesterday. COL John Collins, The Warlord, passed away yesterday. He enlisted in the Army in 1943 and never looked back, serving on active duty for 33 years and then 25 years with the Congressional Research Service. A true mentor and friend, he will be sorely missed.
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8 years
75 years tomorrow...
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Fox News commentator who feds say faked a CIA career sentenced to 33 months in prison
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3 years
Chinese Mercenaries in Africa By César Pintado "A new generation of Chinese private security companies sees the [Belt and Road Initiative] as an opportunity for lucrative contracts and international expansion, but shortcomings are evident on the ground"
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'Mr. Putin Is a Slow Learner.' Mattis Blasts Russia Aggression, Meddling - Oriana Pawlyk - - More from Sec Def Jim Mattis at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
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BBC News - Ron Rockwell Hansen: US arrests man for trying to spy for China (Former Army Intel & HUMINT Warrant Officer. Working for DIA)
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7 years
Watching “Master and Commander” while working on SWJ this early Saturday morn. I cannot recommend this movie enough – simply outstanding.
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5 years
My favorite knife is, of course the KA-BAR. Early 1900's: Union Cutlery Company received a letter from a hunter in Alaska thanking them for the quality of their knives - he killed a Kodiak Bear with one after the bear knocked away his rifle. Kodiak Bear became KA-BAR. Seriously.
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5 years
I kind of started reading more than just Nat Sec related Twitter posts and threads. My humble estimate is that there are many, many more assholes, idiots, and evil people on Twitter than regular folks.
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5 years
VOA via SWJ - In South Korea, How U.S. General Contained COVID-19 - "The most important lesson, according to Abrams, is to act immediately and decisively."
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7 years
BBC News - North Korea: US 'to ban Americans from visiting' (Finally! This ban is long overdue)
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3 years
Robert J. Bunker ( @DocBunker @CO_Futures_LLC ) and John P. Sullivan ( @ZFTWARNING ), Editors, Criminal Drone Evolution: Cartel Weaponization of Aerial IEDs. A Small Wars Journal–El Centro Anthology. 22 Chapters, Appendices, Front and Back Essays. Out to the publisher--coming soon.
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Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers - William J. Broad - NYT - '... hit more than three dozen American diplomats and family members in Cuba and China."
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6 years
Russia Rapidly Expanding Navy With 26 New Ships By End of 2018, Putin Says by Jason Lemon - Newsweek -
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3 years
COMING OUT THIS WEEK! Robert J. Bunker ( @DocBunker @CO_Futures_LLC ) and John P. Sullivan ( @ZFTWARNING ), Editors, Criminal Drone Evolution: Cartel Weaponization of Aerial IEDs. A Small Wars Journal–El Centro Anthology. 22 Chapters, Appendices, Front and Back Essays; 302 pages.
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6 years
RIP to a true hero - via WaPo - Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78
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7 years
Hmm....
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Sky News - Royal Navy and RAF Locked in Dogfight over New Jets (F-35s) that Cannot Fly from Warships - "The navy is angry but more to the point the navy cannot believe that the RAF would put its self-serving agenda above what is best for the nation."
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4 years
This open source intelligence (OSINT) report documents the development of narco-submarines in Spanish waters: H.I. Sutton ( @CovertShores ), "Ghost Gliders: Spanish Narco-Submarines." SWJ. 31 August 2020,
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WSJ - Op-Ed -The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore - The American foreign-policy establishment has been reluctant to accept a 21st-century reality: The U.S. has almost no vital interests at stake in the Middle East, writes @Martin_Indyk via @WSJ
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6 years
NYT - SecDef Mattis was livid last month when he summoned top military officials... His anger came from seeing news reports that junior officers were being reprimanded for the botched Niger mission while the officers directly above them were not.
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6 years
More via Reuters - Trump Calls off Pompeo's Planned Trip to North Korea
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SWJ Today: "Mexico’s Man of the People Turns to the Military" by Malcolm Beith ( @mbeith ) - Contrary to his campaign pledges, Lopez Obrador appears to be planning to use the military and the new national guard in much the same way as his predecessors.
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7 years
WaPo Opinion by Max Boot - Russia’s been waging war on the West for years. We just haven’t noticed.
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5 years
Best thread of the year, so far.
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6 years
Watching a ton of documentaries this week and one ('The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Nazi') referenced the photo below. It is haunting in a different than the usual way. How could the Auschwitz camp staff be so lighthearted while running a true hell on earth? Evil defined.
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6 years
US Military Publicly Dumps Russian Government Malware Online - Joseph Cox - Vice - "US Cyber Command, a part of the military tasked with hacking and cybersecurity operations, says it is releasing malware samples as an information sharing effort."
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Lest we forget - The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks in London, England that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the morning rush hour.
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NYT - Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.
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7 years
Guess what? @smallwars is 20 years old now. In 1998 the MOUT Homepage was born, became the Urban Operations Journal and then the Small Wars Journal.
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Army Recommends Silver Star for Captain Criticized in Deadly Niger Ambush - By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Helene Cooper - NYT
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Sec Nav: Shadowy Special Ops Sea Bases are a ‘Gap We Know We Have and We’re Working On’ - Kyle Rempfer - Military Times - The struggle between managing resources for the US's counterterrorism fight and an emerging great power competition has quietly begun.
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8 years
Damn shame, the US Institute of Peace is on the chopping block. The USIP costs the taxpayer $35.3 million. One F-35A costs $102.1 million.
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3 years
Anti-tank weapons kill more than tanks. They kill armored personnel carriers, mobile artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, trucks, etc. And there are many more than 20,000 of those. The Ukrainians will make excellent use of all 20,000 (and probably more).
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Harry Kazianis
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Source: The West has pledged over 20,000 anti-tank weapons to #Ukraine . Again #Russia has 12,000 TANKS TOTAL.
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Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Chapman Died Trying to Rescue a Navy SEAL. Now He’ll Receive the Medal of Honor. - By Dan Lamothe - WaPo
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Stars & Stripes - Medal of Honor Recipient Bennie Adkins, Known for Vietnam Heroics, Dies of Coronavirus
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9 years
French President Hollande
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Nuff said Trump...
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Senator John McCain: Vietnam War Hero Who Became a Political Power Broker
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On civilian-military relations @smallwars - The Danger of Military Partisanship by LTC Jim Golby ( @jimgolby ) - Societies and governments have failed to maintain the balance between liberty and security. It is not something we should take for granted. -
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Mon. @smallwars - "For U.S. Troops, Home For The Holidays Is Often Just A Wish" by Art Schmitz - A World War II Veteran Recalls His Own Time Away From Home And Under Fire
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Thanksgiving Day in Germany, 1944. SWJ wishes you and yours the best over the holidays and beyond. Fair winds and following seas, Dave D.
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1 of 2 on the 4th @smallwars - "A Policy of Defeat" by LTC David Campbell and LTC Jesse McIntyre III - "How the German military achieved in six and half weeks in 1940 what it could not accomplish in over four years of fighting a generation earlier." -
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Mary Anastasia O’Grady OpEd at the WSJ - George Soros and the ‘Caravan,’ by @MaryAnastasiaOG (Central American corruption, statism and crony capitalism...") via @WSJOpinion
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2014 SWJ Article by H.R.: Discussing the Continuities of War and the Future of Warfare
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British SAS Sniper Shoots ISIS Fighter Dead From Over One Mile Away With 40-Year-Old .50 Caliber Browning - By Jason Lemon - Newsweek
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Defense One - The World According to H.R. McMaster via @defenseone
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Yes, I'm a retired Marine, but I love this Army uniform and would love to see my son, an Army SGT, wear it.
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7 years
In 2018, the #USArmy could return to its iconic #WWII -era uniform which could become the everyday business-wear uniform for all Soldiers. Read all about the proposed uniform in today's #STANDTO !:
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Off topic trivia. Do you know when the last combat Panzer IV's saw took place? That would be during the 1967 Six-Day War around the Golan Heights. Between 1950 & 1965, Syria got 40 from France, 45 from Czechoslovakia, & 17 from Spain. Pic is of a Panzer captured by the Israelis.
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The US-Saudi Relationship Must Be Preserved - Jim Hanson @Uncle_Jimbo - Fox News - "The US, the people of Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East will be better off if we work with the Saudis instead of turning against them."
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Sad news, it's a shame the significance of losing the last link to this historic and heroic event will be missed by so many - RIP Kazik,- AP - Last Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighter Dies
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Just Published: Randy Noorman, "The Battle of Debaltseve: a Hybrid Army in a Classic Battle of Encirclement." 17 July 2020,
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More on Wed. @smallwars - "U.S. Space Force – It’s a Trap! – Think Bigger" by Shawn Smith - "Instead of planning for the creation of a another service, we should dedicate ourselves to the unfinished work that Eisenhower and Marshall began." -
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Defense Secretary Mattis and the Navy’s Top Officer Targeted in Suspected Ricin Mail Attack at Pentagon - Tara Copp - Military Times - "At least two packages mailed to the Pentagon this week are believed to contain the poison ricin."
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Max Boot ( @MaxBoot ) Op-Ed at the WaPo - North Korea is Conning Donald Trump Yet Again (... not “breakthroughs” signaling peace in our time. These are indications of how skillfully Kim is maneuvering...
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BBC News - Daniel Pearl: Pakistan Overturns Convicted Man's Death Sentence (Add this to the long list of why Pakistan is no friend and does not deserve support of any kind)
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AUSA via SWJ - "Battle of Mosul: Precision Fires Hindered by Urban Jungle" by MAJ Amos Fox - ("The allure of precision warfare resulted in a pulverized city and discredits the idea of precision warfare in urban environments.") -
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We will miss you Senator McCain. Fair Winds and Following Seas...
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Detailed Account at The Cove - Nice Job on this by James Lewis! - The Battle of Marawi: Small Team Lessons Learned For the Close Fight. via @https ://mobile.twitter.com/covetweet
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Why do I care about the West Point commie? The real me, I love my country. The practical me, he cost taxpayers over $600,000.
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NYT - CIA.’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger "The fighters hold the line in the war’s toughest spots, but officials say their brutal tactics are terrorizing the public and undermining the U.S. mission."
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