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It’s funny how things work
The importance of understanding “the why” (purpose) has occupied much of my thinking lately. One of my projects at work is to develop a training module on infrastructure reconnaissance. One of the themes I’m trying to emphasize in the module … Continue reading → […]

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44"s Nat"l Defense
44"s Hello Grande RE: Nat"L Defense at the Nat"L Def University - kinda breaks down into 3 main bits: 1. How do we locate suspected terrorists?44 recited the case that T ism and the threat of T - ism has like totally xformed since the 911 days:See, Great Satan is no longer hunting for a ginourmas aQ Central Command in 1 spot led by the infamou […]

Rethinking Security

Administrative Shift
Over the next week, there will be some big changes at Rethinking Security. First, I will be moving this blog to Tumblr. I've been blogging for five years now, and have been learning about the business as I go along.... […]

Mountain Runner

Public Diplomacy: Books, Articles, Websites #62
Courtesy of Bruce Gregory, here is the latest update on resources that may be of general interest for teachers, students, and practitioners of public diplomacy and related courses and activities. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Bruce Gregory is an adjunct professor at George Washington University and at Georgetown University and a pre-eminant fon […]

Abu Muqawama

Leaks, Politics, and Power
The Obama Administration's aggressive anti-leak campaign has further polarized an already fractious community of national security commentators. On one side, as Joshua Foust noted, DC's national security press corps and many national security commentators see the surveillance and investigation as a threat to the very ability of the press to check a […]

Long War Journal

Sunnis want federal region in Iraq
Al Jazeera reports on demands for an autonomous Sunni federal region in Iraq, as protests and threats of insurgency continue.... […]

Real Clear World

Water: The Great Threat to Asia's Stability
Luke Hunt, The DiplomatFor decades, long-range forecasters have been predicting that water "“ and a lack of it "“ loomed as the biggest threat to regional security. Booming populations, food security, the occasional drought and competition among neighboring countries for dwindling resources made for a pessimistic outlook. […]

Army Learning Concept 2015

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Posts Tagged ‘combined arms maneuver’

Commanders Matter Again: Mission Command

January 5th, 2011 by Centurion

I just finished reading General Martin Dempsey’s article on Mission Command. I feel heartened that the Army is moving forward to encourage operational adaptability. Mission Command is a crucial step in recognizing that war is fundamentally a human endeavor. That is to say when we had Command and Control and Battle Command as terms we [...]

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Beyond the Tired Old MCO vs. COIN Debate

September 28th, 2010 by CColb

It is high time to move past the COIN vs. MCO debate. We, as an Army, have to be capable and ready for both and the food fighting about which is more important – or which we should optimize for – is largely irrelevant! I think the Army Capstone Concept’s central idea of operational adaptability is [...]