List of Military articles
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plunger_ss2_renamed_a1-_port_bow_moored_beside_the_shark_ss8_1902_-_nara_-_512925 An old salt picks his 4 favorite American admirals — and explains why (IV): Nimitz
All my "greats" were deep into technology and its relation to tactics.
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1915_aerial_torpedo An old salt picks his 4 favorite American admirals—and explains why (III): Fiske
I could talk endlessly about Bradley A. Fiske.
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admiral_mitscher_and_arliegh_burke An old salt picks his four favorite American admirals — and explains why (II): Burke
My admirations for Admiral Arleigh Burke are twofold and they were acquired early.
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uss_yorktown_cv-5_is_hit_by_a_torpedo_on_4_june_1942 An old salt picks his 4 favorite American admirals—and explains why (Part I)
The four flag officers on my personal list of great American naval leaders have, in addition to the usual attributes, two odd things in common.
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meade-headquarters_gettysburg Why Gen. Meade was right to stop after Gettysburg and not pursue Gen. Lee
The real issue here is leadership.
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1024px-gettysburg_campaign_retreat Meade’s missed opportunity to end the Civil War after the battle of Gettysburg
I was reading a Civil War history the other day and was struck by the opportunity that General George Meade had — and blew — after Gettysburg to end the war.
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30647130686_6790caf151_o The scariest article I have read in some time: Nuclear war is becoming thinkable, especially on the Korean peninsula
Once a war starts, no one knows how or where it will end.
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160517-M-NI439-099 TRAINING AREA 1, JORDAN (May 17, 2016) – U.S. Marine Cpl. X Cerrato, an infantryman with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shifts his fires in response to a friendly smoke signal during an integrated company assault with the Jordanian Armed Forces as part of a simulated integrated company assault during Exercise Eager Lion 2016. Exercise Eager Lion 2016 is a U.S. bilateral, scenario based exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. During the sixth iteration of the exercise, both joint and combined military responses to conventional and unconventional threats will be explored. Participating troops will also train across their respective mission sets including border security, inter-ministerial command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paris Capers/ RELEASED) The falsity of ‘owning the battlespace’
For years I have heard commanders in combat situations in Iraq and Afghanistan talk about “their area of operations” or “owning the battle space.”
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Supporters of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) burn posters bearing the image od Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as they take part in a protest in Lahore on July 23, 2017. Pakistan's governing party has rejected as "trash" a corruption report accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of living beyond his means, the latest in long-running allegations which sparked calls for him to resign. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of civilian and military investigators has issued a report claiming there was a "significant disparity" in the Sharif family's income and lifestyle. / AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images) The Only Enemy Pakistan’s Army Can Beat Is Its Own Democracy
The country's prime ministers have always come and gone at the behest of the generals who really run the country.
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Siliguri Will China and India Go to War Over This Tiny 12-Mile Strip of Land?
India is trying to shield a narrow chokepoint from Chinese encroachment.
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51uixaphggl Book excerpt: Defense Secretary Mattis discusses his favorite books, and why
General James Mattis has accumulated perhaps one of the largest personal libraries of an active-duty military officer ever known in the modern world.
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1024px-inscribed_bamboo-slips_of_art_of_war1 Quote of the day: Gen. Mattis’ reading list, and why he looks more to the East
Tom note: I’d forgotten about this item, which originally ran on June 8, 2015. I am rerunning it now because it has current interest.
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The Canadian military’s chief chaplain explains why he visited a mosque
I wondered what the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service could do as a gesture of solidarity for Muslims who had experienced the death of six of their own.
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16938691_10154468195543107_2553504843813845283_n D.J. Skelton’s wild night of adventures
Tom note: Army Maj. D.J. Skelton is a friend of mine.
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dunkirk_film_poster ‘Dunkirk’: Hey, ‘Hunter,’ it’s actually a compelling war film ahead of its time
“Hunter” states that “Dunkirk “is “anti-war in that is unlike most war films,” while I would argue the reason it is unlike most war films is the very reason it is so effective today.
