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Military History

October 2, 2020

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...

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SOCOM / SOF

October 2, 2020

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...

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Military History

October 2, 2020

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

World War I and the Origins of U. S.

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North Korea

October 2, 2020

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.

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Land (Conventional Warfare)

October 2, 2020

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...

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Military Personnel

October 2, 2020

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...

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Land (Conventional Warfare)

October 3, 2020

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.

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Air Warfare

October 3, 2020

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...

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