More Good News From PACOM: Nothing brings a smile to the face like the words "Muslim Extremist Leader Dies In Shootout" : Governme...

Good News from Nepal: There have been several military reverses for the Nepalese Maoists in the last few weeks. I suspect that this will c...

Intellectual Diversity: Alive and well in America... at least in the Department of Defense : It all started last year when the US assistant ...

Thanksgiving: The Adventures of Chester today posts President Washington's proclamation of Thanksgiving Day: Whereas it is the duty of ...

The Leatherneck Bloggers: Down at the Spirit of America blogger challenge , I've started a team for bloggers with a USMC background. It...

Cutting the PLYWD: Apparently the debate on developing the Precision Low Yield Weapons Design is over. Congress has cut the funding in a ...

U.S. Grant: I've recently read Lodge's history of Grant's Vicksburg campaign, and I realize that I have been unjust to the man i...

Hello everyone, My name is Daniel and I've been asked to teach the Tactics portion of the Military Science project here in Grim's...

MilSci #2 You may have missed KGC's early reactions to Warfighting , but I'd like to draw your attention to what he noticed: I finis...

"Lava Dog" & Devil Dogs NPR has a report from Fallujah. The commentary is nearly worthless -- actually, in the mode of most ...

Greetings, Everyone. Those who haunt the comments will know of me already. Posting topics, (as opposed to commenting from the peanut gal...

Slight Format Change: Since this is now a group blog, I've changed the format slightly. The author's ID is now printed above the en...

Fallujah from Space: The Federation of American Scientists has posted a new view of Fallujah, Iraq . Taken 14 November, it is the most up-to...

A Good Day for the NYTimes: Tom Friedman has the best day in living memory. The highlight: Readers regularly ask me when I will throw in t...

Reference Material: Daniel, who will be joining us as a teacher of tactics in February, sends a link to the reference pages at The Basic Sch...

Old Men Like Us: Bill Faith sends this item, under a heading he describes in terms that would have pleased Fritz Leiber: Of Unsung Heroes a...

Doomsday: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , keepers of the Doomsday Clock , have some theories they'd like to share on what scenar...

A Win: Oddly, this bill was highly popular. I didn't expect anything to be done about it, as all sides endorsed the idea of an "I...

A Postscript Explained: The Green Side has a letter from the front. It is a complete account of the battle for Fallujah -- at least, as co...

AmmuNation: Business kept me away from my desk yesterday, and prevented my mentioning the start of "National Ammo Week!" . Reader...