Summary:  FM contributors G.I. Wilson and H. Thomas Hayden explain why America needs a Marine Corps. As GW said before, “The USMC’s future lies its creative intellect, professionalism in the study and application of maneuver warfare, and delivering what the Nation needs post in a crisis be it humanitarian relief for disasters or launching forcible maritime operations from sea to attack …
A major theme of this website is that we are destroying ourselves though hubris.  We see so many of the world’s problems as calls for US military intervention. Inevitably either this will bankrupt us, or we’ll buy into a conflict with ruinous consequences. This open-ended lust to play global cop affects ever our finest military analysts. Like …
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I lack the time to write an analysis of the Flynn report: “Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan“, by Michael T. Flynn (Major General, USA), Matt Pottinger (Captain, USMC), and Paul D. Batchelor (DIA).  In brief, I believe… It’s important. Nagl’s grossly understated the event with ““ it was an irregular way to …
The Flynn report, itself a symptom of deep problems in the government establishment Read More »
Here is an important document. Keep a copy of it, so your grand-children can see the insanity of our times — which a crazy people consider unremarkable. Since they’ll we’ll be paying the price for this folly, they’ll we’ll cry — not laugh. “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower“, US Navy, October 2007 (20 pages) Consider …
How to design a naval strategy for a crazy nation Read More »
Articles by two experts confirms most of the analysis of piracy presented on this site. They are typically well-reasoned and supported article from Proceedings, IMO one of the best of the American military journals. I recommend reading it in full. For a contrary view (there are always at least 2 perspectives on such things, at the …
