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Steven Biddle’s 2004 work, Military Power, offers one of the most comprehensive and convincing...
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In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by Major Jayson...
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In March 2022, the Pentagon released a new National Defense Strategy (NDS) that identified China...
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Jeb Graydon | 01.18.23
There I was. It was day two of my relief-in-place—I was taking over as the battalion operations...
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