Lara Jakes
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Land (Conventional Warfare)
Barrel Bombs Risk Becoming Answer to Insurgency
Syrian citizens inspect an unexploded barrel bomb filled with explosives, which was dropped from a Syrian forces helicopter on a street in Aleppo,...

Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. Faces New Pressure Over Missing CIA Contractor
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration faced intensified pressure Friday to find former CIA contractor Robert Levinson - both from lawmakers and...

Terrorism
Clock Ticks on Authority for Guantanamo Detention
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A persistent knock came from inside the heavy, locked cell door. A young U.

Defense Budget
Hagel Can't Offer Any Hope in Budget Cuts
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S. C.

Air Warfare
Iraq No-Fly Zone a Lesson for Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U. S.

Maritime Strategy
Icy Arctic Becoming a Security Hotspot
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot - and one that is becoming a security concern for the U. S.
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Putin, Plague, and America’s Biodefense Gap
By Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense
From Hormuz to the South China Sea: Defending Freedom of Navigation in Contested Waters
By David F. Lasseter • RealClearDefense
Checklist for Modern Conflict Readiness
By Sergey E. Ivashchenko • RealClearDefense
AUTOWARCOM Is Heading for a Command-and-Control Collision
By Michael Carvelli • RealClearDefense
The Unfinished Reform
By Mark W. Castillon • RealClearDefense

From Hormuz to the South China Sea: Defending Freedom of Navigation in Contested Waters
By David F. Lasseter • RealClearDefense
National Guard Soldier Shot While Breaking Up Fight in Washington D.C.
By Military.com
‘No Marine Fights Alone’
By Gidget Fuentes, USNI News
Sea Services Weigh How to Embrace Autonomous, Attritable Tech
By Reeves, NatDef
Lockheed Delivers C-130J to Become Navy’s TACAMO Plane
By Stephen Losey, A&SF
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