That will be one very pointed way of considering whether the lessons of US operations in Iraq have been learned. With the symbolic handover of Iraq to Iraqis this week, that examination of US military doctrine and tactics there officially begins.But like Vietnam and World War II, such ...
Glass is just one of tens of thousands of American G.I.'s who have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This week marks the fifth year that U.S. military forces have been in Iraq, and doctors estimate that as many as 10-15 percent of returning tro...
During the 1991 Gulf war, allied forces knew of several underground military bunkers in Iraq that were so well reinforced and so deeply buried that they were out of reach of existing munitions. The U.S. Air Force started an intense research and development process to create a new bunker-bust...
A sultan is like a lesser king, a military commander and a religious authority (although not a priest). In modern times, many Middle Eastern sultanates adopted the European model of constitutional monarchy, and some sultans renamed themselves kings to better reflect their more secular role. Next...
Interview: Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses how military operations in Iraq will be affected by the June 30th transfer of powerInterview: Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses how military operations in Iraq will be affected by the June 30th transfer of powerSTEVE INSKEEP...
John Sidney McCain III was born in 1936 on anAir ForceBase in the Canal Zone of Panama in Central America. Both his father and grandfather served in theU.S. Navyas admirals, and McCain began his own military career when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958, though near th...
In the conventional war - the set-piece military one - yesterday was pivotal. That war is now, evidently, almost over. Baghdad will soon be surrounded; many hundreds of soldiers in the Republican Guard have surrendered; many others have died; Baghdad airport, a main strategic and psychological...
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