Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on the difficulty of applying the rule of law in guerilla warfare.
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Category Archives: GroundWarfare
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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Ground Warfare – Modern Soldiers From Ancient Texts
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on how to reduce combat stress in soldiers.
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Ground Warfare – Two Soldiers
New Yorker – A look at how the dead come home.
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Ground Warfare – The Price of Valour
The New Yorker – We train our soldiers to kill for us. Afterward, theyíre on their own. A first person look at how combat stress is affecting the US Army – and Marines – in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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