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Military History
Who Are the Greatest Army Generals?
Only about one percent of any given officer year group in the Army will make it to the level of general officer. Most of those who do will serve their...

SOCOM / SOF
American Special Operations: Past, Present, and Future
Mark Moyar, Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces (Basic Books, 2017) The target, a high-level leader in a terrorist...

Military History
World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence
World War I and the Origins of U. S.

North Korea
Tale of the Tape: What Would North Korea Bring to the Fight?
Once again tensions on the Korean Peninsula are extremely high. Rumors of war are spreading like wild fire.

Land (Conventional Warfare)
Never Bring a Stryker to a Tank Fight
Any armchair Patton will tell you that it’s not a good idea to use a Stryker formation against a tank formation. But in a recent article for the...

Military Personnel
The Overweight Infantryman
The Infantry has a weight problem. The amount of weight soldiers or Marines are asked to carry has grown exponentially while their ability to carry...

Land (Conventional Warfare)
It's Time to Give the Infantry the Tools Needed to Win on the Modern Battlefield
A platoon is on patrol in a far-off land. Each of the platoon’s three squads is operating several miles apart from the others.

Air Warfare
Yes, Mass Airborne Operations are a Thing of the Past
Recently, Modern War Institute Non-Resident Fellow ML Cavanaugh wrote an article for this site called “ Fifty-One Strategic Debates Worth Having ,” in...

2949 Marine Prisoners, Hostages, and Peacetime Governmental Detainees Since Our Corps' Founding
By Jon Couch • RealClearDefense
America Must Win the Biotech Race Against China
By Rob Maness • RealClearDefense
How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness Before a Crisis Begins
By Carl Napoletano • RealClearDefense
The Uninsured Sky
By Joe Sandri • RealClearDefense
Counterterrorism and the Growing Convergence in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
By Austin Doctor • RealClearDefense

How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness Before a Crisis Begins
By Carl Napoletano • RealClearDefense
F-16s Build on Iran Combat Lessons to Prepare for China Threat
By Rebecca Grant • Lexington Institute
U.S. Aircraft Evacuated From Second U.K. Base Due to Iran Threat
By Holliday, et al, WSJ
US Marine Corps Acquires Textron’s Ripsaw M3 Uncrewed Ground Vehicles
By DPost
U.S. Navy’s First San Antonio Flight II USS Harrisburg Completes Sea Trials
By GDN
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