Is the U.S. Army so focused on the here and now that it is failing to stay at the ready for possible future conflicts with conventional armies?
That is the question being asked by NPR’s Guy Raz in his article Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within.
Col. Sean MacFarland was among the first to successfully apply [...]

Friday evening I flew home from Denver. Home for me is the Atlanta airport followed by a 70-mile commute up I-75 and into the Appalachian foothills.
I sat next to a crazy lady on the plane. OK, not really crazy but really, really nervous. She had her shirt pulled up over her face half the flight. [...]

Sometimes, I come across a decision so stupid I’m momentarily rendered speechless. Today was one of those days.
Wired has published an article claiming:
The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April [...]

This story is near and dear to my heart, because I worked in the building in question. Proximity is relativity. There is no perfect security apparatus.
“I don’t think (the explosion) could have possibly happened were it not for the involvement of some … bodyguards of politicians who are in parliament, who are already [...]

First, if you’ve been a regular here, thanks! All things come to an end, including my time in Iraq. And that time has arrived.
We’re under 10 days to departure. Of course, I cannot give out the actual date we are leaving for security reasons, but the blog will probably fall fairly silent for two or [...]