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Exchanging Hats to Fix the Military Part 3: DIME Navy, COIN “Ultralight” Marines SWJED Thu, 02/06/2020 - 8:01am

In this essay, we will discuss how the Navy and Marines can play a unique and necessary role in America’s 21st-Century security. The Navy will straddle both conventional and unconventional conflicts at sea, hand over all brown-water missions, and become the primary institution for nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the Marines will become America’s dedicated COIN Force and transfer... Читать дальше...

2019 National Drug Threat Assessment: Mexican Cartel Related Excerpts & Sections SWJED Thu, 02/06/2020 - 7:43am

Fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic opioids— primarily sourced from China and Mexico—continue to be the most lethal category of illicit substances misused in the United States. Fentanyl continues to be sold as counterfeit prescriptions pills as traffickers—wittingly or unwittingly—are increasingly selling fentanyl to users both alone and as an adulterant, leading to rising fentanyl-involved deaths. Читать дальше...

U.S. Troops in Standoffs With Russian Military Contractors in Syria

U.S. Troops in Standoffs With Russian Military Contractors in Syria by Jessica Donati – Wall Street Journal

NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down

NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down by Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Julian E. Barnes – New York Times

Afghan Special Operators Partnering With U.S. Forces More Often, Still Reliant On American Support

Afghan Special Operators Partnering With U.S. Forces More Often, Still Reliant On American Support by Shawn Snow, Leo Shane III and Joe Gould - Military Times