There’s was an awesome thread over on Reddit by a former Navy SEAL (confirmed) on the “I am a ______, ask me anything” section a few days ago. Obviously, he didn’t answer just anything,...

Tomorrow marks the third month of NATO’s military intervention in the Libyan civil war, which has done more to highlight issues with defense capabilities in an era of austerity than to actually remove Colonel...

In light of General Martin Dempsey’s selection as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gulliver at Ink Spots has written an excellent post about the current structure of the US Armed Forces. This...

It’s been almost a full month since justice finally caught up with Osama bin Laden in his comfortable Abbottabad complex. As the high from bin Laden’s demise wears off, the US and Pakistan will...

The Will and the Wallet has a great post about budgetary challenges at the DoD (kudos to Ink Spots for pointing out this fantastic blog). Gordon Adams brings up an important point that should...

I’ve seen a few people on Facebook post and comment about Ron Capps’ TIME.com blog post, “The Army is Tapped Out.” On immediate reading, it’s clear his conclusions about the linked RAND report are...

For a bare-bones but informative profile of Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, check out Ben Farmer’s article in the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/8531476/Mullah-Mohammad-Omar-profile-of-the-one-eyed-Taliban-leader.html.

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/20052011/page6.shtml Ali K. Chishti writes: Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha made an unprecedented offer to resign, during an in-camera briefing to the parliament. He admitted that the presence of OBL...

I’d like to introduce you to the SmartWar.org, a blog dedicated to discussing modern war & intelligence collection from the point of view of a novice. In a few months, I’ll be pursuing an...