New counterinsurgency manual cheats on the history exam

The final version of Army FM 3-24, “Counterinsurgency,” (MCWP 3-33.5 for the Marine Corps) deserves applause for coming a long way fast. The Sept. …

The Bush administration’s 2004 Global Posture Review was primarily about reshaping America’s global military footprint for easier deployment in the changed geopolitical environment.

Building new alliances with strategically important countries dovetailed with …

For its scandalous decision to drop the corruption probe into the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office was investigating allegations that BAE Systems set up a …

The challenge of expanding U.S. land forces

At last, more than five years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration has come to realize that the land forces of …

Defense cooperation among allies, whether programmatically or intellectually, is critical. As the saying goes, “No one’s got a monopoly on good ideas.” And treasuries worldwide want to curb spending. That means doing …

The most important fact of America’s new strategic partnership with India is not just that it recognizes India as a nuclear power, but that it also represents open American acceptance and acknowledgement …

Civilian contract employees can now be prosecuted under the UCMJ

As they headed to the Baghdad airport in July, two security guards working for the contract firm Triple Canopy say they were …

It’s definitely hard defining all those task orders.

Send nonword nominations to Jack Wittman at jwittma@atpco.com. …

Bloggers react to the SecDef’s departure

For all the invective targeted at Donald Rumsfeld during his final year in office, nobody ever accused him of being a soft touch. And it’s no …

Pitch large, powerful armies against substantially smaller, weaker enemies and the result can be the David vs. Goliath effect.

In his book “Small Wars,” British Army Col. C.E. Callwell warned that a …