Latest "counterinsurgency" stories

Book excerpt: ‘Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare’

In “Bullets Not Ballots,” Jacqueline L. Hazelton challenges the claim that winning “hearts and minds” is critical to successful counterinsurgency campaigns.

By Jacqueline L. Hazelton

3 years ago

Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’

The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Dave Dilegge, the ‘grandfather of urban warfare studies,’ has died

A former Marine, he was the editor behind the Small Wars Journal, a online publication that was a must-read for anyone interested in counterinsurgency operations during the Iraq-and-Afghanistan era.

By Howard Altman

4 years ago

Jamming, precision artillery and long range drone strikes on Libyan battlefield offer lessons learned for US military

“The use of air power and precision technology, including precision-guided artillery, has become a dominant feature of an otherwise low-intensity conflict."

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Nearly 40 percent lighter body armor coming to Marines in 2020

The Navy awarded a nearly $216 million contract to Point Blank Enterprises for the purchase of up to 680,706 of the new lightweight plates.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Your next combat tour: Where mountains of supplies, any comforts of home will be a thing of the past

In a future fight the Corps may find itself spread thinly across many miles and remote islands and will no longer be able to sustain a large glut of supplies at remote outposts.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago