The Wire - March 20, 2024
…The expediency of this rhetoric shift indicates the severity of the situation. Of course, even considering this new rhetoric, the overall situation does not change that much. The most loosely-guarded secret of the war is…
house of saud
About 400 results · showing 141–160 · page 8 of 20
The Wire - February 4, 2025
Of note, the outrage over the auditing of USAID is purely bipartisan, with politicians on both sides of the aisle being named as sitting on the boards of various entities that were directly getting financial payments…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 20
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting
17
(OSINT) can be equally, and sometimes more, important to targeteers and planners.27
Collaboration with reachback and federated organizations may enable analysts to pull
together this multitude of…
The Wire - March 26, 2025
…The remote location of Diego Garcia (which is also not located in an Islamic nation) provides the added benefit of being out of range of most of Iran's weapons, and thus a vastly more secure…
Intel Update - March 21 - Counting Chickens
…Even if we were to just avoid the Persian Gulf, avoid the Strait of Hormuz. Let's just take those two out of the equation.
The coastline of Iran outside of the Strait of Hormuz is…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 28
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
Chapter I
I-4
JP 3-0
(5) As it has in the past, the United States will continue to respond to a variety of
civil crises by acting to relieve human suffering and restoring civil…
Military manual · AFDD 2-1.9
AFDD 2-1.9, page 125
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Document: Targeting
…See law of war. Also called LOAC. (JP 1-02)
law of war. That part of international law that regulates the conduct of armed hostilities.
Also called the law of armed conflict. (JP 1-02)
link…
Military manual · ATP 2-33.4
ATP 2-33.4, page 102
Intelligence Analysis
Army Techniques Publication: Intelligence Analysis
…Noncombatant support in the form of food, shelter, and water that supports
activities in other nodes.
Post-Detonation
Information Activities
Use of media images to engender support for international fundraising and local
support. Any use of…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 78
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…One prominent air interdiction success story involved the Iraqi Republican
Guard’s redeployment of elements of the Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, and
Al Nida divisions after 25 March 2003 to the south of Baghdad toward
Karbala, Hillah, and…
Military manual · AFDD 2-1.9
AFDD 2-1.9, page 53
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Document: Targeting
…this does not imply any level of command
authority over air assets.) It may be included as a section of or appendix to the SPINS
(and thus of the ATO).
Execution Planning and Force Execution
Purpose…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 95
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
…Planners have depicted an area of
influence. It is not a boundary, but it represents the reach of the joint force’s capabilities.
Figure IV-1 also shows the area of interest, which includes an enemy…
Intel Update - July 4 - Nil Desperandum
…It may arise from some of the Whigs refusing when nominated to be of our committee, but I believe most of them were then unaware of the evil tendency of their conduct, mr. Cushing has frequently…
The Wire - November 29, 2024
hes taking place in the border regions of Lebanon. AC: Of course, the general idea of a ceasefire is for both belligerents to stop shooting at each other completely, which has not happened. However, both sides…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 39
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
…Joint Information Warfare Center (JIWC) enables the application of information power
at the strategic level as a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-controlled activity under
the supervision of the JS Director for Operations. This…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 49
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
The Art of Joint Command
II-9
f. Freedom of Action. The JFC must maintain freedom of action throughout the
operation. Of necessity, freedom of action must extend beyond the JFC’s operational area.
For example…
The Ever Given Incident, and Why it Matters
roblem roughly 12 percent of all global trade is via ships that transit the canal and 10 percent of the world's petroleum oil and lubricant products or pol and liquid natural gas or lng transit…
The Wire - September 30, 2025
Nearly all of these positions were already defunct weeks ago, this is merely a formalization of downsizing efforts by officially removing these positions from the payrolls of various agencies. Virginia - This morning the much-anticipated consortium…
The Wire - September 30, 2024
…The city of Okeechobee is under a state of defacto martial law as the Chief of Police Donald Hagan signs a Local State of Emergency declaration nullifying the 2nd Amendment. The possession of firearms in public…
The Wire - March 3, 2025
As has become common throughout Europe, this attack highlights the importance of heightened vigilance and situational awareness at any public event, but especially those with any sort of Christian tradition or affiliated with any Christian holiday…
Military manual · JP 3-0
JP 3-0, page 167
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations
V-61
Security force assistance plays an important part during stability operations by supporting
and augmenting the development of the capacity and capability of FSFs and their
supporting…