Новости за 09.04.2018

SWJ Magazine Review: “Vietnam Veterans for Factual History” SWJED Mon, 04/09/2018 - 1:25pm

The new “Vietnam Veterans for Factual History” magazine is a resource designed to address a concern by its creators and associated blog readers that many history books and teachers are presenting a fraudulent picture of what was done and accomplished in Vietnam.

New America Future of War Conference: New Cyber Weapons are Here and No One is Prepared

New America Future of War Conference: New Cyber Weapons are Here and No One is Prepared by Todd South – Military Times

A good overview and some hints at what the UK has told its allies. A "taster" passage: ---Quote--- For weeks, the Russians have been hammering away at weaknesses in the British argumentation and now, that strategy has begun to show at least some results. If the British don't release additional...

Security report for 1st week of April in Iraq. Here's a link (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2018/04/security-in-iraq-apr-1-7-2018.html).

Found via a BSAP History Group email as his medals are due for auction next month, a fascinating and rare account of a black African member of the Selous Scouts. The account opens with: ---Quote--- An extremely rare and important Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of four awarded to Sergeant, later...

---Quote--- Japan's military on Saturday launched its first Marines unit, tasked with defending remote islands in the face of China's growing maritime presence in the region. The Self-Defence Forces' amphibious fighting unit staged an exercise with US Marines at Sasebo in western Japan following...

---Quote--- BERLIN (AP) — Six people were detained in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an attack on Berlin's half-marathon Sunday, German authorities said. A police spokesman later said that no athletes or spectators had been in danger. ---End Quote--- ...

Improving the Understanding of Special Operations: A Case History Analysis

Improving the Understanding of Special Operations: A Case History Analysis by Linda Robinson, Austin Long, Kimberly Jackson and Rebeca Orrie - RAND Corporation

More on this curious NYC court case via the NYT: ---Quote--- The chilling testimony was part of Mr. Le Roux’s cooperation with the government. In late 2012, he was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration after being lured to Liberia. Ever since, Mr. Le Roux, 45, has been assisting the...

SWJ Book Review - "The Village" by Bing West SWJED Mon, 04/09/2018 - 12:10am

“Small Wars Journal’s” fourth review of six. “The Village” is a classic, probably the only book that has been on the Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading List for over forty years, it is still taught as part of the curriculum at The Basic School for Marine officers in Quantico, VA. It is a book about a little piece of the Vietnam War that offers lessons for every counterinsurgency since. It’s... Читать дальше...

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-massive-explosions-heard-in-eastern-homs-after-unknown-jets-enter-from-lebanon/ The US has denied involvement...

New National Security Adviser John Bolton Faces ‘Baptism by Fire’

New National Security Adviser John Bolton Faces ‘Baptism by Fire’ by Dion Nissenbaum and Farnaz Fassihi – Wall Street Journal