Kevin Knodell
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Military Personnel
The M-26 Shotgun Is A Handful of Violence
A young combat engineer with a shotgun blew out the “popsicle stick” support holding up one of the few targets sitting in an old trench. “Good job,...

Military Strategy
War with China Would be Bloody, and Stupid
Sidney Rittenberg knows a thing or two about China. During World War II, he learned fluent Mandarin as a U.

China
The American Who Joined Mao's Revolution
Sidney Rittenberg greets me with a faint, friendly voice in the lobby of his condo building in Bellevue, Washington. Ninety three years old, wearing a...

Veterans
Four Years After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
“I was told it would only be 23 people, so this is better,” Maj. Gen.

Military Strategy
America Cashes in On Vietnam's Military Splurge
The Pentagon plans to give Vietnam millions of dollars to buy American-made patrol boats. It’s a huge milestone, 40 years after the bloody and...

Land (Conventional Warfare)
The Iraqi Government Does Not Care About Anbar Province
The capture of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, is by far Iraq’s biggest defeat fighting Islamic State this year. Local police and Anbari...

Terrorism
Somalia Says 'Don't Call them Al-Shabaab'
Gen. Abdirahman Mohamud Turyare, the chief of Somalia’s Intelligence and Security Services, recently told Somali journalists to stop calling the Al...

U.S. Intelligence Community
U.S. Agents Discovered a Nazi Spy Ring in China
When Capt. Frank Farrell and Staff Sgt.

Military History
Vietnamerica: One of the Best Books about the Vietnam War
Vietnamerica isn’t just one of the best comics I’ve ever read. It’s one of the best stories I’ve ever experiencedâ??

Don’t Be Swayed by Tactical Nukes
By Benjamin Giltner • RealClearDefense
How Seoul’s Break With Kyiv Serves Trump’s Russia Turn
By Sang Won Pyo • RealClearDefense
When the Grid Goes Down, the Mission Must Go On. Solar and Storage Can Help.
By John Szoka • RealClearDefense
Data and Communications Technology are the Hidden Keys to Success for Golden Dome
By Eric Velte • RealClearDefense
The Dual Threat: Why Beijing’s Collapse Is Just As Dangerous as Its Rise
By Efraín Vázquez-Vera • RealClearDefense

USS Stout Loses Power During Port Visit Due to ‘Engineering Casualty’
By USNI News
Air Force Lessons Learned From Operation Epic Fury
By Tabitha Reeves, National Defense
Marines Need Nine More Amphibious Warships To Carry Out Its Missions
By TWZ
AFRL, ACC Fly XQ-67A Drone To Test Autonomous Teaming
By Airforce Technology
F-35B Releases Meteor BVRAAM for the First Time
By Parth Satam, The Aviationist
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