The chaos of Syria's civil war tops Col. (Ret) John Antal's list of threats to the US in mid-February 2014. Also, Egypt gets chummier with Russia, and the protests in the Ukraine likely won't end well.
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Tactics 101 begins a monthly miniseries that will dissect the capabilities and tactics of small units. The first in the series, Tactics 101 093, focuses on the light infantry.
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The Soviet Union was the big winner in a war between Somalia and Ethiopia over the Ogaden, a Nebraska-sized desert region.
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"BCT: Kandahar" is a game that does an excellent job of representing the confusion of modern warfare, as nation states take on loose groups of opposition forces, with a number of unique design features.
Read MoreWhere is the middle ground in which special and conventional military forces can work in concert? The Tactics 101 series explores that question, using historical examples.
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