Opinion(Page 6)

Views from the barracks to the battlefield.

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Tech & Tactics

How To Listen To A War Story How To Listen To A War Story

/ Jan 4 2019

Military Life

It’s Time to Reconsider Trump And Foreign Policy: Maybe He’s On To Something It’s Time to Reconsider Trump And Foreign Policy: Maybe He’s On To Something

By John T. Kuehn

/ Jan 3 2019

News

4 Myths Of Mission Command Everyone Should Reconsider 4 Myths Of Mission Command Everyone Should Reconsider

By Anthony King

/ Jan 3 2019

News

This Is How I Inadvertently Angered The Pentagon Parking Gods This Is How I Inadvertently Angered The Pentagon Parking Gods

By Jeff Schogol

/ Dec 24 2018

News

The Number Of Challenge Coins That Are Passed Out Is Too Damn High The Number Of Challenge Coins That Are Passed Out Is Too Damn High

By Carl Forsling

/ Dec 22 2018

News

Ricks: All I Want For Christmas Is A New Secretary Of Defense Ricks: All I Want For Christmas Is A New Secretary Of Defense

/ Dec 21 2018

News

No One Saw It Coming: How Russia Went to War Against China in 2020 No One Saw It Coming: How Russia Went to War Against China in 2020

By John T. Kuehn

/ Dec 20 2018

News

Advice For US Troops Sent To The Mexican Border In An Age Of Terrible Leaders Advice For US Troops Sent To The Mexican Border In An Age Of Terrible Leaders

By Paul Yingling

/ Dec 14 2018

News

The Most Effective Naval Anti-Ship Weapon Of The Last 75 Years, And Other Fascinating Maritime Facts The Most Effective Naval Anti-Ship Weapon Of The Last 75 Years, And Other Fascinating Maritime Facts

/ Dec 13 2018

Culture

21 US Military Operation Names In Africa, Ranked 21 US Military Operation Names In Africa, Ranked

By Paul Szoldra

/ Dec 12 2018

News

American History Can Be A Pain To Absorb. This Historian’s Work Is Anything But American History Can Be A Pain To Absorb. This Historian’s Work Is Anything But

/ Dec 12 2018

News

Tom Hanks Thinks Hollywood Can’t Capture America’s Current Wars. What Does That Mean? Tom Hanks Thinks Hollywood Can’t Capture America’s Current Wars. What Does That Mean?

By Katherine Voyles

/ Dec 12 2018

News

Medal Of Honor Recipient Florent Groberg Explains What You Should Do In A Firefight Medal Of Honor Recipient Florent Groberg Explains What You Should Do In A Firefight

/ Dec 11 2018

Military Life

Dyngo The War Dog Is Having Trouble, And We Could Use a Little Help Dyngo The War Dog Is Having Trouble, And We Could Use a Little Help

By Rebecca Frankel

/ Dec 7 2018

Military Life

It’s Time to Start Considering Suicide A Military Readiness Issue It’s Time to Start Considering Suicide A Military Readiness Issue

By Col. Angie Holbrook, U.S. Army (Ret.)

/ Dec 5 2018

News

There Really Is No Place For Hazing In A Professional Military There Really Is No Place For Hazing In A Professional Military

By Kayla Williams

/ Dec 5 2018

News

A Vietnam Veteran Reflects On A Coma-Induced Adventure To The Brink Of Death A Vietnam Veteran Reflects On A Coma-Induced Adventure To The Brink Of Death

/ Dec 4 2018

News

Why Did I Publish That Column Promoting Hazing And Ass-Chewing? Why Did I Publish That Column Promoting Hazing And Ass-Chewing?

/ Dec 4 2018

News

Mattis’ Comments On The Passing Of President George H.W. Bush Are Pure Mattis Mattis’ Comments On The Passing Of President George H.W. Bush Are Pure Mattis

/ Dec 3 2018

News

Making Warriors Hard In An Age of Sensitivity Making Warriors Hard In An Age of Sensitivity

By Luke Flowers

/ Nov 30 2018

History

The Animals of War: The Military Rabbits Of World War I The Animals of War: The Military Rabbits Of World War I

/ Nov 30 2018

Military Life

A Draft Won’t Fix The Civil-Military Divide — But This Plan Just Might A Draft Won’t Fix The Civil-Military Divide — But This Plan Just Might

By Carl Forsling

/ Nov 29 2018

News

Operation Molotov: Why NATO Just Flat Out Collapsed In The Summer Of 2024 Operation Molotov: Why NATO Just Flat Out Collapsed In The Summer Of 2024

By John T. Kuehn

/ Nov 27 2018

News

CIA Officer William Francis Buckley Deserved A Better Book Than The New ‘Beirut Rules’ CIA Officer William Francis Buckley Deserved A Better Book Than The New ‘Beirut Rules’

/ Nov 23 2018

News

Manila Massacred: Remembering One of the Pacific War’s Nastiest Battles Manila Massacred: Remembering One of the Pacific War’s Nastiest Battles

/ Nov 21 2018

News

I’m An Army Reservist And A High School Teacher. Guess Which Job Is Scarier I’m An Army Reservist And A High School Teacher. Guess Which Job Is Scarier

/ Nov 16 2018

News

Even The Romans Were Better At Doing Counterinsurgency Than We Are Even The Romans Were Better At Doing Counterinsurgency Than We Are

By Lawrence Tritle and Jason Warren

/ Nov 13 2018

News

5 New Military History Books Worth Reading 5 New Military History Books Worth Reading

/ Nov 12 2018

Military Life

Not All Veterans Are Created Equal. You Have To Earn Your ‘V’ Not All Veterans Are Created Equal. You Have To Earn Your ‘V’

/ Nov 8 2018

News

Sometimes Finding Meaning After The Military Means Not Looking For It Sometimes Finding Meaning After The Military Means Not Looking For It

/ Nov 7 2018

News

Deadpool Was The Worst Army Special Forces Soldier Ever Deadpool Was The Worst Army Special Forces Soldier Ever

/ Nov 5 2018

News

The Mission Creep of Sending Troops To The US-Mexico Border The Mission Creep of Sending Troops To The US-Mexico Border

/ Nov 2 2018

News

Don’t Believe All Those Stories About The Germans And Mission Command Don’t Believe All Those Stories About The Germans And Mission Command

By Dr. Jonathan Boff

/ Nov 1 2018

News

I Found Meaning After The Military In Many Places, Not Just One I Found Meaning After The Military In Many Places, Not Just One

/ Oct 31 2018

Tech & Tactics

The Way To Fix The Military Decision-Making Process Is To Fix Your Own Self With More Tough Training The Way To Fix The Military Decision-Making Process Is To Fix Your Own Self With More Tough Training

/ Oct 30 2018

News

My Son Was Killed In Iraq. I Found Closure With The Marines Who Were With Him When He Died My Son Was Killed In Iraq. I Found Closure With The Marines Who Were With Him When He Died

/ Oct 29 2018

News

In Defense Of Military Pilots Drawing Dicks In The Sky In Defense Of Military Pilots Drawing Dicks In The Sky

By M. E. Johnson

/ Oct 26 2018

News

Does ‘Mission Command’ Just Give Higher Leaders One More Hiding Place? Does ‘Mission Command’ Just Give Higher Leaders One More Hiding Place?

/ Oct 24 2018

Tech & Tactics

The MDMP Actually Provides Flexibility — You Just Have to Know How To Do It The MDMP Actually Provides Flexibility — You Just Have to Know How To Do It

By Capt. Paul Hill, U.S. Army

/ Oct 22 2018

Military Life

The Biggest Equalizer In The Military Is A Piss Tube In The Middle Of The Iraqi Desert The Biggest Equalizer In The Military Is A Piss Tube In The Middle Of The Iraqi Desert

By Luke Flowers

/ Oct 19 2018

History

Eisenhower On ‘Leading From Within’ And The Art Of Collaborative Leadership Eisenhower On ‘Leading From Within’ And The Art Of Collaborative Leadership

By Ken Weisbrode

/ Oct 18 2018

News

The Guantanamo Mystery Novel That Captures Military Life Between The Cold War And 9/11 The Guantanamo Mystery Novel That Captures Military Life Between The Cold War And 9/11

By Nathan Webster

/ Oct 17 2018

Tech & Tactics

The Military Decision-Making Process Is An Inflexible Mess. Here’s How To Fix It The Military Decision-Making Process Is An Inflexible Mess. Here’s How To Fix It

By Jamie Schwandt

/ Oct 16 2018

News

The Disturbing Meaning Of Kanye West’s Visit To The White House The Disturbing Meaning Of Kanye West’s Visit To The White House

/ Oct 15 2018

News

Why I Never Liked Those Videos Of Deployed Soldiers Surprising Their Kids At School Why I Never Liked Those Videos Of Deployed Soldiers Surprising Their Kids At School

/ Oct 15 2018

News

We’ve All Deceived Ourselves About Why We’re Fighting In Afghanistan We’ve All Deceived Ourselves About Why We’re Fighting In Afghanistan

/ Oct 11 2018

News

Winston Churchill, Scott Kelly, And Racism: Grow Up, Everybody Winston Churchill, Scott Kelly, And Racism: Grow Up, Everybody

/ Oct 9 2018

Tech & Tactics

It’s Time To Get Yourself A Tethered Drone It’s Time To Get Yourself A Tethered Drone

By Maj. Jamie Schwandt, USAR

/ Oct 8 2018

News

Guyana’s Rampant Violence Reminds Me Of My Childhood In Sri Lanka. That’s A Bad Sign Guyana’s Rampant Violence Reminds Me Of My Childhood In Sri Lanka. That’s A Bad Sign

By Dilshika Jayamaha

/ Oct 4 2018

News

HUMINT Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells That Way. Time For Us To Learn From the Past HUMINT Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells That Way. Time For Us To Learn From the Past

By Caesar Kalinowski

/ Oct 2 2018

News

Mattis: This Is The One Book Every American Should Read Mattis: This Is The One Book Every American Should Read

By Paul Szoldra

/ Sep 26 2018

News

The Case Against Isolationism, According To America’s Greatest Military Thinkers The Case Against Isolationism, According To America’s Greatest Military Thinkers

By Kyle Gaffney

/ Sep 25 2018

News

When Military Contempt For Civilians Backfires, In One Quote When Military Contempt For Civilians Backfires, In One Quote

/ Sep 25 2018

History

My Worst Day: In Iraq, When The Approval To Fire Came 10 Seconds Too Late My Worst Day: In Iraq, When The Approval To Fire Came 10 Seconds Too Late

By Capt. Douglas Wood, USMC

/ Sep 24 2018

Tech & Tactics

In Praise Of The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon In Praise Of The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

/ Sep 24 2018

News

Friday Dog: A Big Shoutout To These Coasties Friday Dog: A Big Shoutout To These Coasties

/ Sep 21 2018

News

The Ivory Tower And Academic Ignorance Of What The Armed Forces Actually Do The Ivory Tower And Academic Ignorance Of What The Armed Forces Actually Do

By Adrian Lewis

/ Sep 20 2018

News

We Need To Start Thinking Differently About Maritime Airpower — And We Can We Need To Start Thinking Differently About Maritime Airpower — And We Can

By T. X. Hammes

/ Sep 19 2018

News

How The ‘Golden Hour’ Created A Crisis In Care For The Deployed Warfighter How The ‘Golden Hour’ Created A Crisis In Care For The Deployed Warfighter

By Dr. Kai Engstad

/ Sep 17 2018

News

The Problem With The VA Isn’t Just The Agency — It’s Us The Problem With The VA Isn’t Just The Agency — It’s Us

By Richard Siemion with Neil Fotre

/ Sep 17 2018

News

Being A Veteran Does Not Mean You’re Exempt From Misfortune For The Rest Of Your Life Being A Veteran Does Not Mean You’re Exempt From Misfortune For The Rest Of Your Life

By Carl Forsling

/ Sep 13 2018

News

Why The OODA Loop Is Forever Why The OODA Loop Is Forever

/ Sep 13 2018

News

Why Are So Many O-6s Behaving So Badly? And Other Military Mischief Why Are So Many O-6s Behaving So Badly? And Other Military Mischief

/ Sep 10 2018

News

On Being Raped By My Commander On Being Raped By My Commander

By Meredith Mathis

/ Sep 7 2018