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All Quiet On The Western Front, But What About The Eastern One?

Foreign Policy released this piece talking about an interesting move by the German Government. Since 1945, there has been an understandable sense of unease about the German government developing t...

How To Lose The Next War In The Middle East

In 2007, Michael Scheuer wrote the seminal book, "Through Our Enemie's Eyes." A decade later, thoughtful military leaders with notches on their gun stocks are pretty certain that we are making the ...

Deja Vu...Forever

In 2001, Task Force Dagger boldly and courageously invaded Afghanistan, toppling the Taliban in record time by empowering their Afghani allies, eradicating a totalitarian and harsh regime. This vi...

Anecdotal Instruction AKA The "A Recon Sniper Told Me..." Method

People seem to want to skip to the head of the line and call themselves things they never earned. From the "combat tactics instructor" who never learned to actually instruct to the "coach" who has...

That Damned Old Yardstick

If you are evaluating your own training, you are setting yourself up for failure.