Never Fight a Land War in Asia
Never Fight a Land War in Asia is republished with permission of STRATFOR. By George Friedman U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking at West Point, said last week that “Any future defense...
View ArticlePentagon’s New China Plan
From The Washington Times: The plan calls for preparing the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to defeat China’s “anti-access, area denial weapons,” including anti-satellite weapons, cyberweapons,...
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New Generation of U.S. Military Communication Satellites
The United States military is upgrading its communication satellites with two new programs known as Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS). There is a detailed...
View ArticleThe End of Counterinsurgency and the Scalable Force
From STRATFOR: By George Friedman The U.S. military for years has debated the utility of counterinsurgency operations. Drawing from a sentiment that harkens back to the Vietnam War, many within the...
View ArticleFour Hours of Ebola Training For Military
From The Daily Beast: American military operations to fight Ebola in Africa are unfolding quickly—forcing the military to come up with some procedures and protocols on the fly. Soldiers preparing for...
View ArticleMuslim ASU Professor Says U.S. Military No Different Than ISIS
From Clarion Project: “It would not be a stretch to say that the United States is actually a greater threat to peace and stability in the region than ISIS…But perhaps more disturbingly, many of the...
View ArticleThe History of the M16
From Tactical Life: Eugene Stoner was, by all objective, accounts a visionary. As a speculative venture while working for the Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation in California in the mid-1950s,...
View ArticleFirst Two Women Graduate Ranger School
From Business Insider: For the first time in military history, two women graduated from the excruciating 62-day Ranger School at Fort Benning on Friday. Capt. Kristen Griest, 26, and 1st Lt. Shaye...
View ArticleGreen Beret “Involuntarily Discharged” After Assaulting Afghan Pedophille
From The Daily Mail: Sergeant 1st Class Charles Martland, 33, was serving in the country’s war-torn Kunduz Province in 2011 when he apparently learned an Afghan police commander he had trained had...
View ArticleMarines To Upgrade Weapons
From Marine Corps Times: The Small Arms Modernization Strategy will focus on updating current weapons in the short-term and developing futuristic systems that could hit the fleet in the mid-2020s,...
View ArticleTactics In The Modern Age
From War on the Rocks: The historian David Edgerton authored a book entitled The Shock of the Old in which he argues that our society’s collective obsession with rapidly changing technology often...
View ArticleMilitary Underground Urban Training
From Military.com: Late last year, the Army launched an accelerated effort that funnels some $572 million into training and equipping 26 of its 31 active combat brigades to fight in large-scale...
View ArticleWhistleblower: Lower Standards For Women In Military
From The Federalist: The female captain dropped out of physically demanding combat controller course exercises several times, but unlike male trainees with similar difficulties, Air Force Special...
View ArticleThe Undermining Of The American Military and Police
From The Federalist: One of the numerous reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire was an overreliance on foreigners serving in its military. American leadership would be wise to heed that lesson....
View ArticleChechen Shot By Spec Ops Colonel Raises Concerns About Foreign Operations In US
From PJ Media: The CEO of Utilities One, Serghei Busmachiu, is from Moldova. Other officials from the company appear to be Eastern European. Busmachiu moved to the U.S. in 2013 and worked as a busboy...
View ArticleWhen You Go Looking For Racists And Can’t Find Any
The Demand For Racists Doesn’t Equal The Supply From The Federalist: A new report said Pentagon programs to sniff out “white supremacists” in the U.S. military came up empty-handed and were even...
View ArticleHow The US Military Stores Its Guns And Ammo
From Ammoland: Every step in weapon handling is meticulous. When troops check out firearms, serial numbers are logged, and the weapons are inspected for safety. After training or missions, returned...
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