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

By Nathan Webster

Posted on Oct 17, 2018

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

By Jamie Schwandt

Posted on Oct 16, 2018

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

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Oct 15, 2018

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

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Oct 15, 2018

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

By Mike Martin

Posted on Oct 11, 2018

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It’s Time To Get Yourself A Tethered Drone

By Maj. Jamie Schwandt, USAR

Posted on Oct 8, 2018

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

By Dilshika Jayamaha

Posted on Oct 4, 2018

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

By Caesar Kalinowski

Posted on Oct 2, 2018

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Mattis: This Is The One Book Every American Should Read

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Sep 26, 2018

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Survivor Guilt, A Booney Hat, And The Things Left Behind By Fallen Friends

By Chief Kristin Beck (Ret.)

Posted on Sep 26, 2018

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

By Kyle Gaffney

Posted on Sep 25, 2018

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

By Capt. Douglas Wood, USMC

Posted on Sep 24, 2018

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

By Adrian Lewis

Posted on Sep 20, 2018

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

By T. X. Hammes

Posted on Sep 19, 2018

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Here’s What Happens When Your Local Porta Potty Cleaner Just Up And Leaves

By Jay Kirell

Posted on Sep 18, 2018

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

By Dr. Kai Engstad

Posted on Sep 17, 2018

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

By Richard Siemion with Neil Fotre

Posted on Sep 17, 2018

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

By Carl Forsling

Posted on Sep 13, 2018

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Why The OODA Loop Is Forever

By Dan Grazier

Posted on Sep 13, 2018

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

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Sep 10, 2018

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On Being Raped By My Commander

By Meredith Mathis

Posted on Sep 7, 2018

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Back To Afghanistan: Looking At The Ghazni That Exists Now Vs. The Town I Knew

By Joanna Dasher

Posted on Sep 6, 2018

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Arming Teachers Is A Dangerous Back-To-School Accessory

By Peter Lucier

Posted on Sep 6, 2018

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Thinking About How To Draw A Line To Avoid Unwanted Sexual Advances

By Zachary Martin

Posted on Sep 6, 2018

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Hey! You Shouldn’t Address A Bunch of Marines As ‘Gentlemen’ When the Group Includes Female Marines

By 1st Lt. Virginia Brodie, USMC

Posted on Aug 31, 2018

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Why I Fear America’s Veteran Suicide Epidemic Is Going To Get Much Worse

By Col. Angie Holbrook, U.S. Army

Posted on Aug 30, 2018

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The Dog I Brought Home From Afghanistan Actually Rescued Us

By Tessa Poppe, Council of the Former Enlisted

Posted on Aug 29, 2018

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LikeWar: How Social Media Became The Locus Of 21st Century War

By Crispin Burke

Posted on Aug 27, 2018

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Dear Col. Ned Stark: Take The Offer

By Guy Snodgrass

Posted on Aug 24, 2018

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We Don’t Need A Military Parade. We Need Mummers

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 24, 2018

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The 20 Military Phrases Civilians Should Never, Ever Use

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 24, 2018

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Ask A Veteran: Is ‘Thank You For Your Service’ The Right Thing To Say?

By Matt Ufford

Posted on Aug 23, 2018

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An Officer Reflects On Escorting Home The Body Of One Of His Marines

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 22, 2018

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One Reason We Have Endless War: We Pay For Conflict Differently Than We Used To

By Sarah E. Kreps

Posted on Aug 21, 2018

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Don’t Let Erik Prince Anywhere Near The War In Afghanistan

By Jared Keller

Posted on Aug 20, 2018

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A Defense Of The Police, From A Marine Veteran Turned Cop

By J. Aspis

Posted on Aug 16, 2018

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Retired Special Ops General: The Current Approach In Afghanistan Isn’t Worth One More Body Bag

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Aug 14, 2018

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The US Tradition Of Civilian Control Of The Military Started Here

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 13, 2018

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So You Want A Desert Storm Memorial? Here’s What It Should Actually Look Like

By Scott Almhjell

Posted on Aug 10, 2018

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Military Rhymes: A Collection Of The Phrases That Capture Part Of A Culture

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 9, 2018

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The Most Overused (And Annoying) Military Phrases Ever

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 9, 2018

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A US Veteran Says, ‘That’s It, I’m Giving Up On The United States’

By Carlo Valle

Posted on Aug 6, 2018

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Why ‘Band Of Brothers’ Lasts: A Perspective From One Of Its Writers

By John Orloff

Posted on Aug 3, 2018

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How A Defense Secretary Works: Inside The Turbulent Mind Of Donald Rumsfeld

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Aug 2, 2018

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How The Media’s Narrow Portrayal Of Service Members Does The Military A Disservice

By Emma Moore

Posted on Aug 2, 2018

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The Future Of Information Warfare Is Here — And The Russians Are Already Doing It

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Jul 31, 2018

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I’m So Sick Of The OODA Loop

By Carl Forsling

Posted on Jul 30, 2018

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Book Excerpt: How The US Military Professionalized In The Early 19th Century

By Joseph T. Glatthaar

Posted on Jul 26, 2018

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Remember Ilovaisk: The Pitched Battle That Captures The Lunacy Of The Trump-Putin Summit

By Kyle Gaffney

Posted on Jul 18, 2018

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There’s A New ‘Father And Son Served In Afghanistan’ Puff Piece, And Boy Is It Depressing

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Jul 17, 2018

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What, If Anything, Did John Kelly Learn From Re-Reading ‘The General’?

By Kyle Gaffney

Posted on Jul 12, 2018

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Borat Stole My Valor And I Want It Back

By Adam Linehan

Posted on Jul 11, 2018

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An Open Letter To The Pentagon Regarding The Serious Matter Of My Beard

By Bryant Bartlett

Posted on Jul 11, 2018

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The Dark Side Of America’s ‘Train, Advise, And Assist’ Missions

By James Fahy

Posted on Jul 11, 2018

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We Need A Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign And Civil Defense Force

By Jennifer Cruickshank, Iain J. Cruickshank

Posted on Jul 10, 2018

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CGSC: A howl of pain from the lower circle of online distance learning hell

By Babsfritchie

Posted on Jul 2, 2018

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It’s Time For Us To Have A Real Conversation About Suicide In America

By Brian E. Kinsella

Posted on Jun 27, 2018

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How To Fix The Army’s Recruiting Crisis

By James Fahy, Emma Moore

Posted on Jun 26, 2018

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I Stand For The Flag, But The Flag Doesn’t Stand For This

By Zach Iscol

Posted on Jun 20, 2018

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We Are Never Leaving Afghanistan

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Jun 19, 2018

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How to spot plastic patriotism, using ‘the troops’ for your pet cause

By Jack Mandaville

Posted on Jun 19, 2018

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The Hidden Moral Pitfalls Of Google, China, and Artificial Intelligence

By Mal Ware

Posted on Jun 19, 2018

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Congress: Here’s Why You Should Pass The Military Justice Improvement Act

By M. E. Johnson

Posted on Jun 14, 2018

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Consider The E-Tool

By James T. Quinlivan

Posted on Jun 12, 2018