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In the fall of 1917, the German army and navy conducted an amphibious assault in the Baltic Sea. The operation was codenamed Albion. The goal of the operation was ambitious: [...]

The article discusses the various challenges that South Africa's armed forces face and the successful way in which they are forging ahead despite the challenges and difficulties. Several key issues like a limited budget, obsolescence problems, lesser flight hours and others are highlighted.

THIS ARTICLE PROPOSES a simple model to help understand a culture-any culture. Though more than a checklist, it cannot substitute for detailed study of a language or cultural immersion. Neither [...]

COMBAT OPERATIONS PROVIDE intellectual comfort. It is what we, the practitioners of the military art, are trained and practiced at. It is what we have done historically. Nonlethal, economic, development-based [...]

Field Manual 3-0, Operations, defines retrograde as an 'organized movement away from the enemy.' In order to set the conditions for a successful retrograde, Army forces must reduce, or drawdown, [...]

The article discusses the vital role that the word and phrase 'precision; and 'reducing the burden' play in the current operational environment in Iraq and Afghanistan. The pledge of General Stanly McChrystal, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander to reduce collateral damage has led to a reduction in damage to civilian lives and property.

IN THE ONGOING wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, small teams of advisors (e.g., military transition teams, national police transition teams, police transition teams, border transition teams, and embedded training teams) [...]

AS A COMPANY commander in Afghanistan, I operated from Asadabad, the provincial seat of Kunar Province. My company worked extensively with our partnered provincial reconstruction team, the provincial governor, the [...]

The combat-centric legacy of the US Army is stable and durable. It developed during World War II and has persisted relatively intact throughout the Cold War, the post-Cold War period, [...]

To regard thinking as a skill rather than a gift is the first step towards doing something to improve that skill. --Edward de Bono, Practical Thinking NEARLY EVERY CONTEMPORARY ARTICLE [...]

IN COUNTERINSURGENCY, stabilization and reconstruction, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping (United Nations Chapter VI and VII missions), and myriad operations other than war, force is a necessary but not a sufficient instrument [...]

CORRUPTION AND ORGANIZED crime undermine counterinsurgency and stabilization efforts by delegitimizing state institutions in the eyes of host nationals. To some in the U.S. military, however, these dynamics may seem [...]

LAND POWER SUCCESS in stability operations will require interagency command structures at the operational level and the concurrent development of a more effective interagency 'culture' for these missions. The future [...]

ACCORDING TO FIELD Manual (FM) 3-07, Stability Operations, the 'malleable situation following in the wake of conflict, disaster, or internal strife provides the force with the greatest opportunity to seize, [...]

The basic unit of counterinsurgency warfare is the largest unit whose leader is in direct and continuous contact with the population. This is the most important unit in counterinsurgency operations, [...]

Of the many lessons drawn from over seven years of wartime experience, one that stands out prominently is the critical need to improve our ability to exercise the cognitive aspects [...]

Design is neither a process nor a checklist. It is a critical and creative thinking methodology to help commanders understand the environment, analyze problems, and consider potential approaches so they [...]