December 2009
- 31 Dec: Afghan Army Troop Surge?
- 30 Dec: Counterinsurgency at a Sprint
- 29 Dec: Micromanaging the Campaign in Afghanistan II
- 28 Dec: Do Marines Know How to Patrol?
- 16 Dec: The Battle for Kandahar and Helmand
- 14 Dec: Is it logistically possible to deploy more troops to Afghanistan?
- 14 Dec: Helmand: Camping Trip to Hell
- 13 Dec: Abolish SOCOM
- 8 Dec: Micromanaging the Campaign in Afghanistan
- 8 Dec: Back to Wanat
- 6 Dec: Hammer and Anvil in Now Zad
- 5 Dec: Weekend Reading #3
- 3 Dec: The Strategy of Chasing the Taliban
- 3 Dec: Obama's Afghanistan Speech
- 2 Dec: The Logistical Cost of Being Deployed
- 1 Dec: Rules of Engagement: Letting the Enemy Go Free
November 2009
- 29 Nov: Fallujah, Navy SEALs and Effeminate Crying
- 29 Nov: Tora Bora Revisited: How We Failed To Get Bin Laden
- 29 Nov: Admin details
- 26 Nov: Thanksgiving 2009
- 24 Nov: Afghanis to Marines: Don't Leave Too Soon
- 23 Nov: Jirga with the Taliban
- 20 Nov: So much for the Pakistani military offensive in Waziristan
- 19 Nov: Pakistan Crumbles
- 18 Nov: Swat Taliban Commander Fazlullah Escapes to Afghanistan
- 17 Nov: Wanat Video II
- 16 Nov: Battling the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan
- 15 Nov: Defeating IEDs in Afghanistan
- 13 Nov: Marine Embedded Tactical Trainers at COP in Kunar
- 12 Nov: The Afghanis must contribute to their own security
- 11 Nov: Myths About Afghanistan
- 11 Nov: Will the bottom up approach work in Afghanistan?
- 10 Nov: Battling IEDs in Afghanistan
- 9 Nov: Marines Bring Calm To Helmand
- 6 Nov: Israeli Seizure of Iranian Weapons
- 5 Nov: Prayers and Sympathies to Families at Foot Hood, Texas
- 4 Nov: Dangerous Precedents in Afghanistan
- 4 Nov: Divining Rod Bomb Detectors
- 4 Nov: Bagram Bloats: Where is the Infantry?
- 3 Nov: Should our efforts focus on Afghanistan or Pakistan?
- 2 Nov: Enlisted Marines on the Rules of Engagement
- 2 Nov: Systemic Defense Intelligence Failures
- 2 Nov: Who says blogs don't matter?
October 2009
- 29 Oct: Interview with Lt. Col. Allen West
- 29 Oct: Sons of Afghanistan?
- 28 Oct: Fewer Troops is Better: Riding Unicorns Over Rainbows
- 27 Oct: Video of COP Keating (Kamdesh)
- 27 Oct: Resignation at the State Department Over Afghanistan
- 26 Oct: Army Rejects Call for Independent Assessments of Body Armor
- 25 Oct: Taliban and al Qaeda Ideological Alignments
- 25 Oct: Turkey Pen Gap, Pisgah National Forrest
- 23 Oct: Lt. Col. Davis Responds to Smith on Going Deep in Afghanistan
- 21 Oct: The Connection Between the Taliban and al Qaeda
- 20 Oct: Kamdesh Troops Were Sitting Ducks: The Importance of Terrain
- 20 Oct: U.S. Marines to Return to Amphibious Operations
- 18 Oct: Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis on Going Deep Rather than Long in Afghanistan
- 18 Oct: Can an Insurgency (and Counterinsurgency) Remain Static?
- 18 Oct: Military Limits Publishing Images of U.S. Casualties
- 17 Oct: The New Battle for Iraq
- 15 Oct: Department of Defense to End Preemptive Military Strike Doctrine
- 14 Oct: Obama Administration Allows Russian Inspections of Nuclear Sites
- 13 Oct: A Strange New Respect for our Afghan Policy?
- 13 Oct: John Bernard in the news
- 12 Oct: The Slow Fall of Kandahar
- 11 Oct: Armed Social Work and Rules of Engagement in Garmsir Afghanistan
- 8 Oct: Obama and the Taliban
- 8 Oct: Now Zad Video From 2/7 Marines
- 7 Oct: What kind of counterinsurgency for Afghanistan?
- 6 Oct: Attack at Kamdesh, Nuristan
- 6 Oct: Wanat Video
- 5 Oct: McChrystal v. Obama
- 4 Oct: The Battle of Wanat, Massing of Troops and Attacks in Nuristan
- 2 Oct: Packing Army (Marine) Style
- 1 Oct: The MEK, Iran and Iraq
September 2009
- 29 Sep: Generals Who Talk Tactics Rather Than Strategy
- 28 Sep: The troops are available for Afghanistan
- 27 Sep: McChrystal, Troop Levels and Rules of Engagement
- 27 Sep: Insufficient Numbers of Marines
- 27 Sep: Update on Bank of America and Flag Controversy
- 27 Sep: Let them fight
- 24 Sep: The Horrible Afghan National Police
- 23 Sep: Counterinsurgency Versus Counterterrorism
- 23 Sep: What to do about Afghanistan?
- 22 Sep: Here is your Afghan National Army
- 22 Sep: Language and Interpreters in War and Counterinsurgency
- 21 Sep: Brief Initial Take on McChrystal's Report to Gates
- 21 Sep: More on Bank of America Dishonoring the U.S. Marine Corps
- 20 Sep: Bank of America Removes American Flags Honoring Dead Marine
- 20 Sep: More Thoughts on Marines and Rules of Engagement
- 17 Sep: Why are we in the Helmand Province?
- 17 Sep: Marines in Kunar
- 16 Sep: Did ROE Lead to Marine Deaths?
- 16 Sep: Cyber Exploitation
- 15 Sep: Knife Blogging
- 15 Sep: Taliban IEDs as TTPs
- 14 Sep: Insurgents Emplacing IED Blow Themselves Up
- 14 Sep: On the front lines with the Marines in Helmand
- 13 Sep: Discerning the Way Forward in Afghanistan
- 11 Sep: Weekend Reading #2
- 10 Sep: More on Marine Deaths and Rules of Engagement
- 10 Sep: About that Rescued New York Times Reporter
- 9 Sep: Afghanistan: What is the Strategy?
- 8 Sep: Taliban Ambush in Eastern Kunar Kills Four U.S. Marines
- 8 Sep: Concerning Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard
- 6 Sep: Publishing the Marine Photo: Remember the Words of Christ
- 4 Sep: The Dismounted Campaign in Helmand
- 2 Sep: Colonel Gian Gentile on Killing the Enemy
- 2 Sep: A Return to Offshore Balancing
- 1 Sep: This is Your National Security Advisor
August 2009
- 31 Aug: Ten Dollar Taliban and Rules of Engagement
- 31 Aug: The War Against the CIA
- 30 Aug: Women in the Infantry
- 30 Aug: Remembrances of Fallujah #1
- 30 Aug: Iraq's Ambivalence About The American Military
- 30 Aug: Safe Haven for the Taliban
- 30 Aug: Cutting Japan Loose from U.S. Support
- 28 Aug: Counterinsurgency, Brutality and Women in Combat
- 26 Aug: McChrystal Releases Counterinsurgency Guidance and Requests More Troops
- 25 Aug: Should U.S. Troops Return to Iraqi Cities?
- 24 Aug: Marines Fight Taliban With Little Aid From Afghans
- 23 Aug: Marine Force Protection in Garmsir Afghanistan
- 23 Aug: Good way to spend a birthday
- 21 Aug: Life in Now Zad
- 19 Aug: Baghdad Under Attack as Maliki Re-Evaluates Security Plans
- 19 Aug: Referring URL from a Mujahideen Web Site Today
- 19 Aug: While the Afghan National Army Sleeps ...
- 18 Aug: Skinny Marines and Mules
- 16 Aug: Have we taken Now Zad?
- 16 Aug: Marine Combat Action in Dahaneh
- 15 Aug: Weekend Reading #1
- 13 Aug: Why we must chase the Taliban
- 12 Aug: More Marines to Now Zad and Election-Centric Counterinsurgency
- 11 Aug: Logistical Challenges of IEDs in Helmand
- 11 Aug: My Gun Makes Me Feel Safe
- 10 Aug: Helmand, Afghanistan is a Sideshow - Or Not
- 9 Aug: Scenes From Operation Khanjar VII
- 9 Aug: Administration's Confused Position on Afghanistan
- 7 Aug: Seeking Riskless War
- 5 Aug: Doubling the Size of the Afghan Security Force
- 4 Aug: The Contribution of the Afghan National Army in the Battle of Wanat
- 3 Aug: More on ROE in Afghanistan: Refusing the Chase
- 3 Aug: Thousands of British Troops Too Fat to Deploy?
- 2 Aug: Leaving Iraq
- 2 Aug: Concerning an Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement
- 2 Aug: Joshua Foust and Seth Jones on the Graveyard of Empires
July 2009
- 31 Jul: Squad Rushes in Afghanistan
- 30 Jul: Concerning that Robust Afghan National Security Force
- 29 Jul: Investigating the Battle of Wanat
- 28 Jul: The Marines Must Hold Helmand
- 27 Jul: Marines Find Afghan Insurgents Bolder Than Iraqi Insurgents
- 26 Jul: Follow and Kill Every Single Taliban
- 26 Jul: Patrolling Now Zad
- 26 Jul: Scenes From Operation Khanjar VI
- 23 Jul: The Sorry State of the Afghan National Police
- 23 Jul: Redux on U.S. Troop Restrictions in Iraq
- 23 Jul: Prisons in Afghanistan
- 22 Jul: Scraping the F-22?
- 22 Jul: Marines Meet Taliban Resistance in Garmsir
- 21 Jul: House Arrest for U.S. Forces in Iraq
- 19 Jul: Iraqi Commanders Move to Restrict U.S. Troops Under SOFA
- 17 Jul: Force Protection in Operation Khanjar
- 15 Jul: Obama Administration Searching for an Exit Strategy in Afghanistan
- 14 Jul: Combat Action in Nuristan and Now Zad
- 14 Jul: Taliban and Security in the Wardak Province
- 13 Jul: Concerning Marines and Mules
- 12 Jul: Obama's Shame: Rewarding Iranian Terror
- 12 Jul: Marines, Beasts and Water
- 12 Jul: Mullen Pops Jones in the Back of the Head
- 10 Jul: Scenes From Operation Khanjar V
- 9 Jul: Where is the Afghan National Army?
- 8 Jul: Lessons in Counterinsurgency
- 7 Jul: No Excuse: Marines Losing Legs in Now Zad
- 7 Jul: Scenes From Operation Khanjar IV
- 7 Jul: Operation Khanjar: What do the people think?
- 6 Jul: Scenes From Operation Khanjar III
- 6 Jul: Afghan National Army in Operation Khanjar - Or Not
- 5 Jul: Calling on National Security Advisor James L. Jones to Resign
- 5 Jul: MRAPs, V-Hull and Saving Lives in the Battle Space
- 4 Jul: Scenes from Operation Khanjar II
- 3 Jul: Afghanistan: The WTF? War
- 2 Jul: Marines Feel the Love from Huffington Post
- 2 Jul: Scenes from Operation Khanjar
- 1 Jul: U.S. Marines Launch Large Scale Operation in Helmand Province
June 2009
- 30 Jun: What Now Zad Can Teach Us About Counterinsurgency
- 29 Jun: Leaving Fallujah Better?
- 29 Jun: Concluding Thoughts on Afghanistan ROE Modifications
- 28 Jun: Afghanistan Rules of Engagement Redux
- 28 Jun: Where is the insurgency in Afghanistan?
- 28 Jun: Agricultural Development Teams and Poppy in Afghanistan
- 25 Jun: Update on ROE Changes for Afghanistan
- 24 Jun: How to Lose a Counterinsurgency Campaign
- 24 Jun: Ernie Pyle
- 24 Jun: Overwhelming Melancholy
- 23 Jun: Changes to the Rules of Engagement for Afghanistan
- 22 Jun: Combat Video from Now Zad
- 22 Jun: The Failing UK Strategy in Afghanistan
- 22 Jun: Boss Mongo and TCJ on Various Subjects
- 21 Jun: Marines Take the Fight to the Enemy in Now Zad
- 21 Jun: Mullah Mohammed Omar Reasserting Control Over Taliban
- 21 Jun: Analysts Miss Iran's Hidden Revolution
- 18 Jun: General McChrystal to go on Afghanistan Public Relations Offensive
- 18 Jun: The Right Response to Iran
- 16 Jun: Tired Narratives on Afghanistan: Holy Warriors, Militias and SOF
- 16 Jun: The Captain's Journal and the Zionist Conspiracy
- 15 Jun: The End of Korengal
- 15 Jun: General McChrystal Maps New Course for Afghan War
- 14 Jun: Marine Corps Commandant and Colonel Gentile Agree
- 14 Jun: Al Qaeda Safe Haven in the Hindu Kush
- 14 Jun: Further Thoughts on the Uighurs
- 14 Jun: Video of U.S. Marine Operations in Helmand and Now Zad
- 11 Jun: Palau Taking the Uighurs for 200,000,000 Dollars
- 11 Jun: The Indigenous South Afghanistan Insurgency
- 10 Jun: IEDs, Patrols and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
- 9 Jun: CNAS Releases Afghanistan Study
- 9 Jun: Tim Lynch on FOB Gardez
- 8 Jun: General McChrystal Revamps SOF Efforts in Afghanistan
- 8 Jun: Obama's Message of Weakness
- 8 Jun: Can the U.S. Trust Sharif?
- 8 Jun: Close Air Support of Marines in Now Zad
- 8 Jun: Dude, where is my blog?
- 4 Jun: What's for Dinner in Afghanistan?
- 3 Jun: A Half-Dozen Gargantuan Bases
- 2 Jun: Lt. Gen. McChrystal Testifies
- 2 Jun: Hot Dogs with the Iranians
- 1 Jun: Is Leadership Really the Center of Gravity of an Insurgency?
May 2009
- 31 May: Reclaiming the Ring Road
- 28 May: Baitullah Mehsud Targets Punjab
- 28 May: Taliban in Swat Slip Away, Live to Fight Another Day
- 27 May: The Violence Belongs to Iraq Now
- 26 May: Philip Smucker on the Shorthanded U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
- 26 May: Language in Statecraft
- 26 May: Kill the Enemy
- 25 May: Taliban Cleared in North West Frontier Province - Or Not
- 25 May: Outsourcing Defense
- 25 May: How did that Sunshine Diplomacy thing work out?
- 24 May: Memorial Day 2009: Remember the Families
- 21 May: Army Delays in Body Armor Testing
- 20 May: Strategic Desisions Concerning Marines and Expeditionary Warfare
- 19 May: Taliban Tactics: Massing of Troops
- 18 May: Trouble in the Afghan Army: The Battle of Bari Alai
- 17 May: Where the Taliban Roam
- 17 May: Betraying the Sons of Iraq
- 17 May: One way to fix the DoD procurement problems
- 14 May: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Counterinsurgency
- 14 May: Questions for Mr. Obama
- 13 May: Marines in Bakwa, Afghanistan
- 13 May: The Coming War in the Caucasus
- 12 May: More on General David McKiernan
- 11 May: Al Qaeda helped the Taliban, so the Taliban will help al Qaeda
- 11 May: General McKiernan Out in Afghanistan
- 10 May: Final British Withdrawal from Basra
- 10 May: Pakistan's Future: An Interview with Mullah Nazir Ahmad
- 8 May: Drones, ROE, Raids, Fathers and Sons, Diamonds and Goats
- 7 May: New al Qaeda Recruits Gravitate to Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
- 6 May: Pentagon Plans Huge New Bureaucracy
- 5 May: The CIA's War with Obama
- 5 May: Mutiny in Georgia
- 5 May: Karzai Must Approve of U.S. Military Operations?
- 4 May: Palestine v. Nuclear Iran: Quid Pro Quo for Israel?
- 4 May: Continuing Use of Sand Berms in Counterinsurgency
- 4 May: On Patrol in Kunar
- 4 May: Classified Afghanistan Metrics
- 1 May: Arguments Over the EFV and V-22
April 2009
- 30 Apr: The Fifth Deployment
- 30 Apr: Iran and Taliban Missiles
- 28 Apr: Nicholas Schmidle on How to Save Pakistan
- 28 Apr: I can do counterinsurgency in one week!
- 27 Apr: NSA Chief to Head Cyber Command
- 27 Apr: NSA Chief to Head Cyber Command
- 27 Apr: Taliban Attack Christians in Karachi
- 26 Apr: Taliban Expansion and Nuclear Weapons: Where is the Pakistan Army?
- 26 Apr: More Attacks on Logistics Routes
- 26 Apr: Gates on Release of the Interrogation Memos
- 23 Apr: Taliban Controls Buner
- 22 Apr: Taliban Control Expanding Towards Pakistan Capital
- 22 Apr: Cyber Command for Department of Defense
- 21 Apr: Backwards Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
- 21 Apr: China's Escalating Unrestricted Warfare against the U.S.
- 20 Apr: Navy and Marines to Part Ways Over Expeditionary Strike Groups?
- 20 Apr: More on Combat in Korangal Valley Afghanistan
- 19 Apr: Counterinsurgency Successes in Afghanistan
- 19 Apr: The Importance of Logistics
- 17 Apr: China and U.S. at War
- 17 Apr: Concerning the Importance of NCOs
- 16 Apr: How many times does Iran have to say no?
- 15 Apr: SECDEF Gates Loses Intelligence-Gathering Opportunity?
- 15 Apr: Is Pakistan the Next Failed State?
- 13 Apr: Major Combat Operations in Now Zad Afghanistan
- 13 Apr: Response to SOF and Piracy
- 12 Apr: Somalian Piracy
- 10 Apr: Signs of Progress in Iraq
- 10 Apr: China's Unrestricted Warfare Against the U.S.
- 9 Apr: Piracy: The Only Solution
- 7 Apr: Obama, Russia and the Future of Georgia
- 7 Apr: Robert Gates Reshapes DoD Budget Plans
- 5 Apr: Concerning Military Contractors
- 5 Apr: Taliban Patrols
- 5 Apr: Marines in Now Zad, Afghanistan III
- 2 Apr: Marines in Now Zad, Afghanistan II
- 2 Apr: We're in Afghanistan for this?
- 2 Apr: Nicholas Schmidle on the Taliban
- 1 Apr: Al Qaeda and Taliban Planning More 9/11-Style Attacks
- 1 Apr: Marines in Now Zad, Afghanistan
March 2009
- 31 Mar: Concerning Hiding Insurgents
- 31 Mar: Baitullah Mehsud Threatens Washington
- 30 Mar: Pakistani Obsession with India
- 29 Mar: 26th MEU Homecoming
- 29 Mar: The Afghanistan Strategy
- 26 Mar: Financing the Taliban Part 2
- 25 Mar: Daniel Hannan
- 25 Mar: The Global Aspirations of the Afghan Taliban
- 25 Mar: Another Nonsense Strategy Page Article
- 24 Mar: The Plan for Afghanistan
- 23 Mar: Here on Emerald Isle for the Return of the 26th MEU
- 20 Mar: Marines, Animals and Counterinsurgency
- 19 Mar: Satellite Patrols
- 19 Mar: Attack on Logistics Near Chaman
- 19 Mar: More on Battle Space Weight
- 18 Mar: The Problem with the New Afghanistan Strategy
- 17 Mar: Concerning U.S. Defense Cuts
- 16 Mar: It's Time to Engage the Caucasus
- 15 Mar: The Coming Battle for Afghanistan
- 14 Mar: So Build Them Roads
- 12 Mar: Air-Based Logistics in Afghanistan
- 12 Mar: Shinseki's Shame: Veterans to Pay for Treatment?
- 11 Mar: Caucasus Talks on Logistical Transit Routes for Afghanistan
- 10 Mar: U.S. Halts SOF Raids in Afghanistan
- 9 Mar: Pakistan, Cricket Attacks and India
- 9 Mar: Marine Corps Issues RFI on Cold Weather Tents
- 8 Mar: The Captain's Journal Blocked in Afghanistan
- 8 Mar: Logistics Still Rules
- 8 Mar: Support Andrew Lubin's Embed in Afghanistan
- 7 Mar: Followup on Piracy with Information Dissemination
- 6 Mar: Cowboy Counterinsurgency
- 6 Mar: In Search of Good Taliban
- 4 Mar: Strategy in Afghanistan: Population or Enemy-Centric?
- 3 Mar: Kill the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
- 3 Mar: Convoy Battles Snow
- 3 Mar: Doing the Wrong Things in Afghanistan
- 2 Mar: Just Build the F-22, Okay?
- 1 Mar: John Robb on Iraq and the Taliban Victory in Swat
February 2009
- 27 Feb: Thoughts on the New Media and Military Blogging
- 26 Feb: University of Virginia Student Designs New Body Armor
- 25 Feb: Ralph Peters on Afghanistan
- 24 Feb: Analysis of the Taliban Ceasefire in Swat
- 24 Feb: British Muslims Assisting Taliban
- 24 Feb: Institutional Problems within the Afghan Police
- 22 Feb: Tehrik-i-Taliban Becomes Shura Ittehad-ul-Mujahiden
- 22 Feb: Rapidly Collapsing U.S. Foreign Policy
- 22 Feb: How many Taliban will settle?
- 22 Feb: 1-6 Field Artillery on Patrol
- 20 Feb: Iran Advances Towards Nuclear Weapons
- 19 Feb: Taliban Win in Swat
- 18 Feb: We're not going to run out of people to kill!
- 17 Feb: How Fast Can NATO Surrender to the Taliban?
- 17 Feb: Zardari, Pakistan and Belief in the War
- 17 Feb: Bad Form in Counterinsurgency Debates
- 16 Feb: On the Front Lines in Afghanistan
- 15 Feb: Hizballah gets away with murder - again!
- 15 Feb: Afghanistan, Corruption and Counterinsurgency
- 13 Feb: NATO and Poppy: The War Over Revenue Part 2
- 12 Feb: Marines, Taliban and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
- 10 Feb: Is Afghanistan Worth It?
- 10 Feb: Petraeus on Pursuing the Enemy
- 9 Feb: Lousy Excuses Against Language Training for Counterinsurgency
- 8 Feb: Counterinsurgency: Focus on the Population or the Enemy?
- 6 Feb: What the USS San Antonio Can Teach Us About Iran
- 6 Feb: Victor Davis Hanson on the Middle East
- 4 Feb: India and the West: Profiles in the Politics of War
- 4 Feb: Destroyed Khyber Bridge Shuts Down Afghan Logistics Route
- 4 Feb: Husbanding our Military Dollars
- 2 Feb: U.S. Supplies Shrinking in Afghanistan
- 2 Feb: Opening a Combat Outpost for Business
- 2 Feb: DoD Testing Requirements for Body Armor and Army Recall
January 2009
- 30 Jan: Distinguishing Between Good and Bad Taliban?
- 29 Jan: Matt Sanchez on DADT
- 28 Jan: 2/6 Marines Counterpiracy Mission
- 28 Jan: Miliband Encourages Terrorism
- 27 Jan: Afghanistan: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
- 27 Jan: Ralph Peters on Afghanistan
- 27 Jan: John Nagl on Afghanistan
- 26 Jan: Exum on Soft Power
- 25 Jan: Has Swat Fallen to the Taliban?
- 23 Jan: British Hated Because of Musa Qala
- 22 Jan: Obama's Language Suggests Bad News for America's Security
- 21 Jan: A Blunder of Colossal Proportions in Afghanistan
- 21 Jan: The al Qaeda World View
- 20 Jan: Counterinsurgency: Moving the Discussion Forward
- 20 Jan: The Likely Failure of Tribal Militias in Afghanistan
- 20 Jan: Blogs You Should Check Out
- 19 Jan: Doctor Honors Fallen Marine Son by Deploying to Iraq
- 19 Jan: It's Time for a Change in the COIN Debate
- 18 Jan: U.S. Soldiers on Afghan Border Patrol
- 18 Jan: Shootout in Karachi
- 15 Jan: 6-4 Cavalry COP in Afghanistan
- 15 Jan: Commandant James Conway's Vision for the U.S. Marine Corps
- 14 Jan: Will Russian-Afghan Logistics Dictate Foreign Policy?
- 14 Jan: Baitullah Mehsud
- 13 Jan: U.S. Marines Find Iraq Tactics Don't Work in Afghanistan
- 12 Jan: Afghans Wary of Militia Plan
- 12 Jan: One of our Marine Chaplains
- 11 Jan: U.S. Attempts to Undermine the Iranian Nuclear Program
- 10 Jan: U.S. Seeks Ship to Move Arms to Israel
- 10 Jan: Of Marines, Counterinsurgency, Widows and Cows
- 9 Jan: False Comparisons of U.S. with Russian Afghan Campaign
- 8 Jan: New Afghan Supply Route Through Russia Likely
- 8 Jan: Reuters-Come-Lately to Khyber Pass and Georgia Story
- 6 Jan: The Role of Palestine in the War with Iran
- 6 Jan: U.S. Marines Prepare to Leave Fallujah
- 4 Jan: Snipers and Asymmetric Warfare in Afghanistan
- 4 Jan: Disarmament and the Myth of Example
- 4 Jan: Changes in Body Armor for Marines
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