NECN - Soldier killed in action receives Medal of Honor
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NECN - Soldier killed in action receives Medal of Honor
Embedded video news report at link.
Recently finished Easterly's "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good." The emphasis the author places on bottom-up as opposed to...
Washington Times - Obama eyes posts for Cleland, Holder
You are talking states (Afghanistan and Pakistan) when you should be talking about nations (Pashtuns, Tajiks, Balochis...)
I do not think the fusing of Pakistan and Afghanistan is a good idea.
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Any possibility of John Nagl becoming Secretary of the Army?
For DASD SO/LIC, does Michael Vickers need to be replaced? Or, are there any calls for him to stay on for at least the beginning of...
The Army Officer promotion system is no longer "Up or Out," it is "Out or Up."
Perhaps it is time to move from wargames to war-MMORPGs.
LA Times - In Mexico, a police victory against smuggling brings deadly revenge
WSJ - Generals Behaving Badly
The Spy Who Billed Me is an interesting blog on the topic.
So cadences and an aggressive Combatives program. Problem solved. :D
When and how do recruits of the the French Foreign Legion learn French if they do not already speak it?
AFP - Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president
Washington Times - YouTube Diaries Circulate 'Unfiltered' Views Of War
The article reports on the use of YouTube by both individual service members as well as MNFI; nothing earth shattering in...
Washington Post - Colombia Rescues Hostages Held by Guerrilla Group for Years
Wow. How disrupted must command and control and overall communications within FARC be to allow an operation like...
AP - Colombia: Betancourt, US hostages freed
Just saw this on CNN as Breaking News. Cannot find much on the Internet as of yet. MTF.
Currently, it is being reported that the hostages were...
James Verini - Arming the Drug Wars from Portfolio Magazine.
From the July/August issue of The Atlantic: Robert Kaplan - What Rumsfeld Got Right
A description of Donald Rumsfeld's latest tenure as SecDef and a discussion of what he did right and wrong from...
Newsweek - The Opium Brides of Afghanistan
WaPo - Mexico's Police Chief Is Killed In Brazen Attack by Gunmen
I personally doubt that an analysis on staying and departing company grade officers based on an objective assessment of their performance is currently feasible due to problems with the OER system....
Federal Computer Week - DOD considers prohibiting personal use of networks
Reuters - Taliban offensive unlikely in east Afghanistan-US
The Atlantic - How To Trick an Online Scammer Into Carving a Computer Out of Wood
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Guerilla Days in Ireland by Tom Barry.