Charlie's Archives


Pizza for Patriots!
Guard Border MIssion Wraps Up
Totten in the Balkans
The Future of Jointness?
VMI Potomac River Chapter Event Next Week
HUGE: Army Transition Teams now Prime for Promotion
Future War Question 1
The Shape of Future War
Happy Birthday Army!
Russia vs US arms sales Abroad
Navy sees future with drones for spying but not fighting
Titanic Explorer was on a Secret MIssion
The Army Bullet Issue
A Hybrid M113?
Air Defense on Steroids
Army Fights To Control Its Air Space (!)
Militarization of foreign Aid?
Military Better Prepared Than Ever for Disaster Relief, Official Says
Obstacle Emplacement in the COIN Fight
Pretty Good National Guard Video
AFRICOM halts HQ plan; will phase in staff
Does Germany need a national security strategy?
South Korea to become accompanied deployment
Buying for the Big War, or the Small One?
Guard Border Mission Draws to a close
Great Article on Distributed Warfare
New Indiana Jones Movie
Great COIN Debate
"It's Beautiful Out Here"
Army Embraces Distance Learning
SECDEF's Comments
Pirates and Oil
Stop the Presses!
Ghost Riding HMMWVs
Palate Cleanser
On Beer
A Foul Case of Appeasement
Brits in Afghanistan
Recruiting Commercial Roundup
Venezuela Calms Down
The World's Tiniest War
Odds, ends...
Upgraded TV
Stryker MGS Gunnery
Fire Down Below
Britain's Prince Harry in Afghanistan
Robots March Forward
Infantry!
Stability Operations Now Part of Army’s Core Mission
Bullshit Bingo!
Watch that Recoil
Castro resigns: Fallout?
Aging Air Force Wants Big Bucks Fix
"Iran says God protects nuclear program"
Afghanistan Suicide bombings become more effective
Kosovo Declares Independence
Russians: Your Satellite Shoot-Down Plans are Lies
Quote of the Week
How to Rate Officers Better
Thursday Night MLRS
6.5 Richter scale quake shakes Greece
Putin: I'll Aim Rockets at the Missile Shield
Pentagon Faces A Battle On Climate Change (?)
Comforting: Air Force's nuclear focus has dimmed
Ruskies Buzz US Carrier
Kosovo poised for independence within 10 days
Pakistani militants 'call truce'
NORTHCOM: The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves can pound sand!
Army to Shift (slowly) Out of Korea?
Imperialist Westerners Threaten Helpless Backwater Former Colony
US Military Unprepared for Attack on Country?
UN Estimates There are More Than 250,000 Child Soldiers Worldwide
Silver Stars Awarded To Two Soldiers
Air Force To Get Tougher With Recruits
Gaza Roundup
Taliban Growing in Pakistan
Canucks Out of Afghanistan ?
North Korea Calls for Formal End to Korean War
My Breakout
Identity Stolen!
But we WANTED to Fight in the Fulda Gap...
Ospreys Successful in Iraq , so far
US Troops to Pakistan ?
Resurgent Russia Running Rampant?
Build it Bigger!
Pakistan's Problems Persist
The Doctrine Gap
I Comment on John’s Commenters
Petraeus Eyed for NATO Command?
Terror Threat (suprise) Continues in Europe
Army Aviation Update
Q and A with AQ
Is Pakistan Softening on US Training Mission ?
Way to Go, Air Force!
The Army has a Plan
Help with Gulf Security or Return of Colonialism?
Pro-China changes in Democratic Taiwan?
Russia to Upgrade AD
Vets Gone Wild?
Bookshelf Part 2
"If terrorists fall in Iraq and nobody hears them, do they still make a sound?"
Good Article on Bhutto
"Mini-Surge" Term Surfaces
Bookshelf
A Peace Accord in our Time?
An Alternate view of the Hormuz Incident?
Ruskies: We'll Target Poland Missile Defense Site
This post is rated ARRRRRR
The Sudanese Military shot at the Peacekeepers?
Network-Centric warfare vs 4GW... here we go again.
Where's the Peace?
Darfur Crisis: Too Few Peacekeepers
Sri Lanka's Government to Withdraw From Truce Agreement
Quick roundup of Stuff that Happened while I was Honeymooning:
I got Married
More on the Captain Gap
ThanksUSA Ad
Where for Art Thou, NATO?
Meet the Author of the "Fighting 69th"
Israel wants the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Panzers on the Loose in Bulgaria!
New Pin Ups for Vets Calendar
UN Says Saudis Should Lead in Stabilization of Somalia
Women in Combat? They're Already There... (2)
Commie Dictator: I’ll give up power…real soon…
Turkish army sends soldiers into Iraq
US Military Orders Review of Coalition Strategy in Afghanistan
In the Mail: The Fighting 69th
More Talks on Kosovo
Possible Change in US Policy on Somalia?
Turkish Jets Bomb PKK in Iraq
How do you Plan for a Hostile Media?
Paul Revere's Ride
Hamas Throws Anniversary Party
State of Emergency over in Pakistan
Suprise: Al Qaeda Against Peace Conferences
Soft Power
Back to School for Mookie Al Sadr
Say Thanks
Civil/Military Relations part 2
Civil/Military Relations part 1
The Axis Strikes?
This is who the Troops Are
US/Russia Missile Defense Talks Continue
More on al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
UK to Negotiate with the Taliban?
Israeli forces move into Gaza
Lebanese General Assasinated
Israel Moving Closer to Gaza Incursion?
Bombings in Algeria
No Independence for Kosovo Yet
Good Guys Win in Afghanistan, AP Spins Anyway
China… Cyberattack…Didn’t I Just Post on This?
The Army’s “Captain Gap”
Will Kosovo Declare Independence Tomorrow?
Students Protest, Nothing Changes
NBC Re-Deploys, Supports Freedom's Watch
COIN: the Great Debate
Taliban on the Run!
Buy This!
Freedom's Watch Ad Denied
China Identified as Source of World Cyber-Attacks
“A Date Which will Live in Infamy”
US/Turkey Relations
For Anyone Traveling Abroad for the Holidays
"Maintaining Security is Easier than Establishing it "
Reconnect America
Israel to Invade Gaza?
Update on the Pakistan/Turkey Instability:
ChiCom Spying Continues
Women in Combat? They're Already There...
Darfur Crisis: Chad fighting increases
Iran Stopped Work on Nukes?
Communism Fails in Venezuela
Great Article on WWIII
On the Tank Thing
Sunday Afternoon Nuke Discussion
Turkey fires on Iraq-based rebels
Diplomacy Fails, Iranian Nuke Research Continues
Defining Terrorism: War vs. Crime
China Denies US Ships Port of Call
Wow, Didn’t see this One Coming…
F-15 Grounded
The Problem with Peace Conferences
“Urban Guerillas”?
After Iraq
10,000 E-mails?
Pakistan Gets Worse
Then and Now…
Everyone’s Launching Satellites
Gravy!
Weapons Bleg
Quick Movie Review
Give 'em an inch…
Cutting the JIEDDO?
Arab MTV?
VMI Rules!
Sub-Standard Troops: Keep ‘em?
Air Force Adopts Army Aircraft
SF Retention Bonuses hit Six Figures
Britain Warned about the 3/23 Kidnapping?
300
Do Female Soldiers Get Any Privacy?
Re: Reserves
Does Terrorism Work?
The Next Terror Attack: Big or Small?
What a Great Idea!
MOGADISHU Re-Re-Re-Conquered
Priorities, People!
Holiday Wishes
AFN- WTF?
The Come-Back Blogger
All Your Garage Door are Belong to us!
RE: Women in Combat Arms
Thanksgiving
Today in American History
Draft Resolution
Ask the Audience, Again
Out of the Loop
Military Police?
Wanted:
Linked Already?
Army Training vs. “interrogation techniques” used against terrorists
Gratuitous
Bigger and Badder or Leaner and Meaner?
I Have Returned... Now Relax!
I'm Out
New Kicks
Another Front Opens on Israel
Mr. Jong-IL, Tear down this demilitarized zone!
I'm Back
War Machine of the Day
(The League of) United Nations
Not without our allies!
Why walls won’t work: thoughts on Gaza, North Korea, and terrorism
Ask the Audience
We're Mighty Proud
As Goes Britain...
He's Baa-ack!
where's the optimism?
Where is everyone?
In the Mail...
Two Views of Terrorism
Iranian "fighters" captured in Iraq
Snap, Crackle, Pop! An OPFOR Podcast
Technology Update!
View from the Front
Another One Bites the Dust
The Corporal Conflict Update & Future implications
Spetsnatz to deploy to iraq?
Blame America!
Clueless Newsroom of the day
Has the 2006 War (or the corporal war) already started?
Air Defense Artillery isn't dead yet
Head-slapping headline of the day
Army testing new "land warrior" system
24 versus Real Life
Thunder Chickens prepare for lift-off
I thought they going to start drafting people after the 04 election...
WMDs in Iraq? Say it ain't so?
OPFOR Mail Bag
Help! My Technology is Inferior! (open thread)
Air Assault!
Another One Bites the Dust
The Case for Invading Somalia
North Korea: A Threat, or Just Ronery and Looking for Attention?
Army Officer Refuses to Fight
Happy Father's Day- I Have Returned!
6 Day War Started, This Day in History
Islamists claim Mogadishu victory
USS Cole to Return to Duty
US sweetens the pot for Iran
Gaza Ghetto Fabulous
Round and Round...
Take a deep breath –things can get much, much worse in the MidEast
Sitting at the Table With Iran?
Army Transformational Graphic of the day
Palestinian Rocket Attack Video
America will be the sole superpower for the next 15 years
Iran: Why Diplomacy (alone) Won't Work
Finish the Job!
Happy Memorial Day Part II
America the Beautiful
Iran Burning
Humor Update
Remember Those Fighting
I found a funny Military Cartoon, at last!
"Zarqawi Aid" Still Least Desired/Most Likely to get you captured occupation in MidEast
China's Build-up: defense or offense?
North Korea "suprises" everyone by acting irrationally
Hurricane Season’s coming! Run for your lives!
More on the Missile Defense for Europe
Federalism: Then and Now
The “Regime Stay” Strategy
Graduation Speeches
Force Protection, Anyone?
Great Article on Aviation, VMI, Marines, and the Virginia Army National Guard
Russia Steps Up Defense Procurement
Going Under!
Pic of the Day
Sun Tzu vs. Iran
Navy Keeping a Close Eye on the Gulf
VMI Class of 2006 Graduates
New Army Streamers Authorized
Quick- Call Ridley Scott and Secure the Rights for Blackhawk Down:2
Libya's Normal Now
Border Update
Grown Ups vs Kids in the Sandbox
South Korean Youths: We Want Our Protectors Out!
Would a Palestinian Civil War Benefit…the Palestinians?
Happy New Market Day
The Circle of Life (at the UN Security Council)
Sri Lankans Prepare to get their War on
Border Update
The Mother of all MOABs
Stupid Reporter Tricks
Guard to Deploy to the Border?
Europe Facing a New Missile Gap?
Like This Painting?
OPFOR Quoted in Ruskie News
On Leadership
Irregular Opposition to Seaborne Infantry
No Caliphate but What We Make
Stryker Mobile Gun System Unveiled!
The Life of the Oriskany
Great News From the UN!
Al Qaeda is Losing
American Imperialism Continues its Relentless March...
Why Darfur is Important
My Immediate Reaction to the Text of Iranian President Ahmacrazyguy's Letter to Bush:
Create Peacekeeping Brigades?
Future Wars
Blackfive Video!
Draft Hollywood!
Question of the Day
Back in the USA
Another Amazing Story
OPFOR Radio Returns
Iranian President Ahmadenijad has a Website
Navy Littoral Update
Ain't Gonna Study War No More!
The New Mid East Order
Dispatch the Whaaambulance to West Point, ASAP!
Struggling with the Concept of a Volunteer Military
Billion with a "B"?
Listen up, DARPA!
Scene From a Deployment
Radical Islamist's War on the UN
Stryker Update
Arming the Crazy Islamist Genocide-Mongerers
Zarqman Deconstructed
What Iran Could Learn from Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program?
PT Photo blogging
Former Warsaw Pact Countries to Conduct Joint Air Defense Drill
Stupid Dictator Tricks
Can a Nuclear US be Deterred by a Nuclear Russia?
Op-For Radio Strikes Back
Bin Laden's Big Idea
Live From The Milblog Conference
The Ruskies, Iran, ADA, Etc...
If you're not at the Milblog Conference this Weekend...
The China Hedge
Quick Hits:
Russians Sell ADA to Iran
Militarization of the Shia Crescent
Somalia Remains Free of US Imperialism, Food, Laws, Prosperity, Peace…
Stock Your Bookshelves
Join the Virginia Army National Guard!
MilBlog Conference 2006
From the “Why is this News?” Department:
Iran: How Our World Views Affect Our Decision-Making
So There I Was
In Which Mikhail Kalashnikov Emerges to Hock his Invention
Marines Ban Polyester Clothing In Iraq
Of Course You Know, This Means War
From Vietnam To 9/11, Remembering A True Hero
The Navy Gets in on the Action
The “Blessed Path”
The Real Middle East Civil War
Would Containment Work for Iran?
What Some Folks Will do for a Housing Allowance...
Marine Survives Sniper Shot to the Grape
The Time Has Come to Shut Down Sudan
Terror War Heats up in Pakistan
Iran’s Place at the Table
Why Americans Don’t Understand the Arab Culture
Our First Podcast