Publication: SWJ Blog

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

The Dispensable Nation? A Review

By: Peter J. Munson Beware the lure of "credibility." ... [Published SWJ Blog - 20 hours ago]

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Targeting and Intelligence at the Company Level: Lessons Learned from a CoIST in Afghanistan

By: Christopher G. Ingram Counterinsurgency is often a small-unit battle, with company-sized elements requiring organic intelligence capabilities to leverage information into tactical success. ... [Published SWJ Blog - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Intelligence, Afghanistan, Counter-Insurgency

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

A Junior Officer's Perspective on Brain Drain

By: Darrell Fawley An active duty captain weighs in on the debate over retention between LTG (R) Barno and LTG Hodges. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Active Duty

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bunker Hill: A Story of Prudent Risk and Reckless Irresponsibility

By: Thomas M. Williams Building a culture that accepts risk requires frank discussion about what words mean and how they translate into action. The Battle of Bunker Hill provides excellent fodder for any leader seeking... ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Battle of Bunker Hill, M Williams

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Acting in the Human Domain, but Educating for the Physical Domains

By: Grant Martin Today SOF are being asked to do more than ever before and with increasingly vague and hubristic-sounding missions and concepts. New paradigms are needed. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Grant Martin, paradigms

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

US Army

The Failure to Adapt and Innovate after a Drawdown: The U.S. Army in the Interwar Years 1919-1939

By: Dave Shunk A lesson for today’s Army and the next twenty years. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Drawdown, US Army

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Transition in Afghanistan: Lessons from the Past

By: Amin Tarzi If critical issues are not dealt with prior to 2014, they most likely will result in Afghanistan’s returning to a state of civil war or a highly dysfunctional state. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Civil War, Amin Tarzi

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

John Nagl on the Future of Military Innovation

By: Roxanne E. Bras Nagl hopes that the next generation of military innovators will focus on human-centric innovations, lest the military be caught unprepared for another decade of war. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: John Nagl, Invention, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

To the Horizon: Seven Conflicts of Concern for the U.S. Military

By: D. Stiegman For the U.S. military to restructure and prepare for the future it must look at large formal armies that are currently using proxies to engage in small conflicts that enforce a... ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, United States

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

A Message of Felicitation from the Esteemed Amir-Ul-Momineen on the Occasion of Eid: An Analysis of Taliban Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr Statements from 2006 to 2012

By: Timothy D. Soper The Eid statements demonstrate an increasing sophistication in strategic messaging and understanding of international politics. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Eid al-Adha, Taliban

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Petraeus: We Must Be Coldly Realistic Over The Use Of Force

By: SWJ Editors David Petraeus: We Must Be Coldly Realistic Over The Use Of Force - Many of the lessons we have learnt post-9/11 have been paid for and written in blood -... ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: David Petraeus

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Sequestration as a Godsend: Operate the DoD as a Modern Business Organization

By: J. Michael "Mike" Young Sequestration is a once in a generation opportunity to address the changes needed to take the US military to the next level of capability. ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, Mike Young, Military/Armed Forces

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The Dispensable Nation? A Review [Published SWJ Blog - 20 hours ago]
Targeting and Intelligence at the Company Level... [Published SWJ Blog - 21 hours ago]
A Junior Officer's Perspective on Brain Drain [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]
Bunker Hill: A Story of Prudent Risk and Reckle... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]
Acting in the Human Domain, but Educating for t... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 17 2013]
The Failure to Adapt and Innovate after a Drawd... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 14 2013]
Transition in Afghanistan: Lessons from the Past [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 14 2013]
John Nagl on the Future of Military Innovation [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]
To the Horizon: Seven Conflicts of Concern for ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]
A Message of Felicitation from the Esteemed Ami... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 13 2013]
Petraeus: We Must Be Coldly Realistic Over The ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 12 2013]
Sequestration as a Godsend: Operate the DoD as ... [Published SWJ Blog - Jun 12 2013]
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