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Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops?
To boost American morale in the face of a rising China and resurgent Russia, some pundits point to the U.S. military’s surplus of combat experience and large-scale logistical expertise in massing forces.
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H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy
“A young student stood up and said ‘all I’ve known my whole life is war,’” McMaster said. “Now, he’s never been to war, but he’s been subjected, I think, to this narrative of war-weariness.”
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The US military’s logistical train is slowly snaking toward China
A failed Venezuela coup, Iranian missiles and Russian hybrid warfare make for interesting side stories, but the center of military policy is increasingly gravitating elsewhere.
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B-52 bombers are off to rebuff Iran after threats to US troops; DoD won’t say what those were
The mission comes as Iran is expected to announce plans to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal this week, one year after the U.S. abandoned the agreement.
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Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU
“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.
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Is DoD running up a tab? Coast Guard told to counter China, but cash flow checks ambition
The U.S. Coast Guard is in a pinch. Pentagon leaders need them to exercise a unique mission in the Pacific Ocean, but those same officials can’t foot the growing bill, according to Coast Guard commanders.
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NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
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Big Brother’s watching: Turkey secretly tracked US airmen, documents allege
The fact that a host nation kept tabs on U.S. operations isn’t necessarily malicious, or surprising, U.S. officials said.
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Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
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Al-Shabaab fighter responsible for US soldier’s death has been killed by US forces
The militant was responsible for the attack on June 8, 2018, that killed Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, AFRICOM spokesman Col. Chris Karns told Military Times.
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Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops?
To boost American morale in the face of a rising China and resurgent Russia, some pundits point to the U.S. military’s surplus of combat experience and large-scale logistical expertise in massing forces.
-
H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy
“A young student stood up and said ‘all I’ve known my whole life is war,’” McMaster said. “Now, he’s never been to war, but he’s been subjected, I think, to this narrative of war-weariness.”
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The US military’s logistical train is slowly snaking toward China
A failed Venezuela coup, Iranian missiles and Russian hybrid warfare make for interesting side stories, but the center of military policy is increasingly gravitating elsewhere.
-
B-52 bombers are off to rebuff Iran after threats to US troops; DoD won’t say what those were
The mission comes as Iran is expected to announce plans to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal this week, one year after the U.S. abandoned the agreement.
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Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU
“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.
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Is DoD running up a tab? Coast Guard told to counter China, but cash flow checks ambition
The U.S. Coast Guard is in a pinch. Pentagon leaders need them to exercise a unique mission in the Pacific Ocean, but those same officials can’t foot the growing bill, according to Coast Guard commanders.
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NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
-
Big Brother’s watching: Turkey secretly tracked US airmen, documents allege
The fact that a host nation kept tabs on U.S. operations isn’t necessarily malicious, or surprising, U.S. officials said.
-
Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
-
Al-Shabaab fighter responsible for US soldier’s death has been killed by US forces
The militant was responsible for the attack on June 8, 2018, that killed Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, AFRICOM spokesman Col. Chris Karns told Military Times.
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Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops?
To boost American morale in the face of a rising China and resurgent Russia, some pundits point to the U.S. military’s surplus of combat experience and large-scale logistical expertise in massing forces.
-
H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy
“A young student stood up and said ‘all I’ve known my whole life is war,’” McMaster said. “Now, he’s never been to war, but he’s been subjected, I think, to this narrative of war-weariness.”
-
The US military’s logistical train is slowly snaking toward China
A failed Venezuela coup, Iranian missiles and Russian hybrid warfare make for interesting side stories, but the center of military policy is increasingly gravitating elsewhere.
-
B-52 bombers are off to rebuff Iran after threats to US troops; DoD won’t say what those were
The mission comes as Iran is expected to announce plans to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal this week, one year after the U.S. abandoned the agreement.
-
Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU
“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.
-
Is DoD running up a tab? Coast Guard told to counter China, but cash flow checks ambition
The U.S. Coast Guard is in a pinch. Pentagon leaders need them to exercise a unique mission in the Pacific Ocean, but those same officials can’t foot the growing bill, according to Coast Guard commanders.
-
NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
-
Big Brother’s watching: Turkey secretly tracked US airmen, documents allege
The fact that a host nation kept tabs on U.S. operations isn’t necessarily malicious, or surprising, U.S. officials said.
-
Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
-
Al-Shabaab fighter responsible for US soldier’s death has been killed by US forces
The militant was responsible for the attack on June 8, 2018, that killed Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, AFRICOM spokesman Col. Chris Karns told Military Times.



