Military

List of Military articles

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  Jack London describes an infantry platoon

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Moseley: USAF’s future looks pretty bleak

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The never-ending fight over aircraft supporting ground forces in combat: Close air support vs. interdiction

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Things that undermine people’s faith in the workings of the military justice system

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Cowboys and Indians?: American movies about Special Operators killing Somalis

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Sy Hersh’s Chemical Misfire

  What the legendary reporter gets wrong about Syria's sarin attacks.

  Argument

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  Eliot Higgins

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  Want a better U.S. military? First make it smaller — because preparedness now is really about adaptiveness, not readiness

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Tom, the odds for joint Israeli-Saudi airstrikes against Iran are about slim to none

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Epiphanies from Leon Panetta

  The spy chief who nailed Osama bin Laden reflects on Syria, Iran, and the most dysfunctional U.S. Congress in recent memory. 

  In Box

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  Ty McCormick

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  We should make Nov. 1 a national holiday

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Rocketeer

  Forget Tesla. Forget the Hyperloop. Elon Musk is all about space.

  Feature

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  Michael Belfiore

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  Syria’s Gulf Brigades

  The Middle East Channel

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  Elizabeth Dickinson

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  This U.S. Colonel Was Sure He Was About To Get Involved in Syria’s War

  The Complex

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  Dan Lamothe

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  Tom reviews ‘The Cambridge History of War, Vol. IV: War and the Modern World,’ and learns a whole bunch of new stuff

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Quote of the day: General Trainor on the loneliness of today’s new veterans

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  Thomas E. Ricks