20 years later, the Marine Corps can still learn from Fallujah
History provides lessons for the next urban fight, but it may be much worse.
By Todd South
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Petraeus says Israel should try U.S.-style counterinsurgency in Gaza
Civil-military lessons from past wars could hold keys for current conflicts such as the Israel-Hamas war, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus said.
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
The Corps starts fielding new lightweight plate carrier to grunts
“When you lighten the load, Marines can get to their destinations faster and they’re going to have more endurance, which increases their lethality.”
By Shawn Snow
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
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
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
Counterinsurgency is here to stay: Marines plan to double foreign military training adviser group
Neller says he plans to double its size and rename it the Marine Advisor Group.
By Shawn Snow
The African battle space is not the Middle East [Commentary]
American counterterrorism strategy could leverage a Trump administration eager to get stuck into counterterrorism to expand its operations in Africa. Put in a nutshell, the U.S. has a chance to stop violent extremism in Africa from metastasizing into a larger, international threat.
By Ivor Ichikowitz
MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That's good news -- and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.
By Military Times Editorial