Washington Post – An interesting look at what happens to wounded Soldiers and Marines who get their care at Walter Reed.
Washington Post – The Hotel Aftermath.
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Category Archives: GroundWarfare
Ground Warfare – Weapon Of Mass Destruction
Washington Post – The AK-47 has become the world’s most prolific and effective combat weapon, a device so cheap and simple that it can be bought in many countries for less than the cost of a live chicken.
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Ground Warfare – We must remember them all
Daily Telegraph – Are battlefield conditions worse for the modern soldier, or are today’s veterans not as tough as their predecessors? To mark Remembrance Day, The Daily Telegraph has assembled a unique panel of veterans with experience of all the major conflicts over the past 65 years.
Daily Telegraph – The veterans.
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Ground Warfare – The War on Terror
Wired – Shell-shocked troops are coming back from Iraq with snakes in their heads. A new virtual reality treatment offers hope for vets.
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Ground Warfare – Bringing It All Back Home
New York Times – When Chuck Norris joined the National Guard, he wasn’t expecting to end up in one of the worst corners of the Sunni Triangle. Now he’s home in Pennsylvania, with his fellow guardsmen and memories he just can’t shake.
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Ground Warfare – American military tactics – How to Do Better
Economist – After brutal blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American army has become more intelligentóand hopes to be more effective.
Any article that quotes General David Petraeus, Colonel H.R. McMaster, and Major John Nagl – three of the Army’s intellectuals – must be interesting???
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Ground Warfare – The Struggle to Gauge a War's Psychological Cost
New York Times – A look at combat stress in soldiers in Iraq.
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Ground Warfare – The Rise of the Body Bots
IEEE Spectrum – Science-fiction fans have long become accustomed to the idea of steely commandos clad in robotic exoskeletons taking on huge, vicious, extraterrestrial beasts, shadowy evil cyborgs, or even each other. Supersoldiers encased in sleek, self-powered armor figure memorably in such works as Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel Starship Troopers, Joe W. Haldeman’s 1975 The Forever War, and many other books and movies???Today, in Japan and the United States, engineers are finally putting some practical exoskeletons through their paces outside of laboratories.
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Ground Warfare – VR Goggles Heal Scars of War
Wired – Another look at how the videogame Full Spectrum Warrior is being used to treat combat stress.
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Ground Warfare – The Army must not be a scapegoat for our society
Daily Telegraph – Historian Max Hastings on how the rules of conduct in war have changed since World War II???
For more background on this essay read: Daily Telegraph – Army risks losing its reputation, warns general.
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Ground Warfare – The Other Army
New York Times Magazine – There are dozens of private security companies operating in Iraq, and Triple Canopy is one of the largest. How was it formed, who are its men – and what is the line between “security” and warfare?
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Ground Warfare – Private Warriors
Ground Warfare – The Way We Went
Daily Telegraph – A superb recollection of what exactly infantry combat on the Western Front in World War II was really like. Sixty years ago W F Deedes led his British infantry company across Europe. Last month, aged 92, he retraced his steps, reviving memories and recalling old friends. This is his story, told for the first time. Lord Deedes later went on to become the Editor of the Daily Telegraph from 1974-1986 and continues to write for it.
Ground Warfare – How are the mighty fallen
The Economist – Russian conscription is one of Europe’s worst human-rights scandals. But the system is too lucrative for the top brass to scrap it.
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Ground Warfare – 'Am I Next?'
Washington Post – Ann Scott Tyson on patrol with an Iowa National Guard unit in Ramadi.
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Ground Warfare – Bad law is making a Just War so much harder to fight
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on the difficulty of applying the rule of law in guerilla warfare.
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Ground Warfare – For Female GIs, Combat Is a Fact
Washington Post – Many soldiers support qualified women joining infantry, but Congress is moving in other direction. A look at how US women serving in the Army in Iraq are in combat every day???
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Ground Warfare – Dick Winters' Reflections on His Band of Brothers, D-Day and Leadership
American History – Major Richard “Dick” Winters of “Band of Brothers” fame speaks candidly about the men and actions of Easy Company and reflects on D-Day and the lessons he learned about leadership.
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Ground Warfare – A Company of Soldiers
Frontline – Over 30 days and 26 missions, the story of the men of Dog Company – the Army’s 1-8 Cavalry Regiment stationed in South Baghdad on the bank on the Tigris River. The final battle for Iraq will be won or lost in places like this and by soldiers like these. Read the transcript
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Ground Warfare – Recalling Iraq's Terrors Through Virtual Reality
Washington Post – The US military is attempting to battle post traumatic stress disorder with virtual reality tools.
More from San Diego Union Tribune – Military to try virtual combat stress remedy
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Ground Warfare – The Soldier's Heart
Frontline – The military teaches soldiers how to fight, how to kill, how to survive. But who teaches them how to live with themselves? An examination of an underreported story of the Iraq war: the psychological cost on those who fight it. You can start by reading the complete transcript.
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Ground Warfare – Thunder Run
LeanWrite – I just finished reading Thunder Run by David Zucchino, which is a superb account of the Battle of Baghdad as waged by the Third Infantry Division. It is being called the “Black Hawk Down” of Operation Iraqi Freedom. An excellent study of urban warfare and small unit cohesion.
More can be learned about this key battle here:
StrategyPage – The Battle of Baghdad
Army Magazine – Baghdad: The Crossroads
Daily Telegraph – The 10-Hour Battle for Curly, Larry, and Moe
PBS Frontline – The Invasion of Iraq – Interview with Col. David Perkins
Washington Post – 3 Key Battles Turned Tide of Invasion
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Ground Warfare – Who Do You Trust More: G.I. Joe or A.I. Joe?
New York Times – An interesting follow-up to the article earlier this week on robotic soldiers and the Army’s Future Combat System. It asks an interesting question: Is there still a good reason to trust ourselves or should we defer to a computer’s calculations?
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Ground Warfare – A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle
New York Times – The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat.
Daily Telegraph – Pentagon prepares to build £70bn robot army
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Ground Warfare – Army Wages War on Modern Menaces
Wired – A very interesting look at the new ground warfare technologies being shown at the Army Science Conference.
There are two separate articles by the author describing this conference: Army Wages War on Modern Menaces and More Robot Grunts Ready for Duty
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